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THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A Dutch mahogany bureau-cabinet
Third quarter 18th Century
The waved arched moulded cornice centred by a rockwork clasp, above a pair of doors with mirrored shaped panels, enclosing a plain interior with two adjustable shelfs and three base drawers, above two candle-slides, the central section with a hinged flap, enclosing a fitted interior with a central mirrored door enclosing a plain interior, flanked to either side by a secret compartment, a pigeon-hole, with two small drawers and three drawers, above a well and a green baize-lined writing-surface, the bomb base-section with two supports above two short drawers and two long drawers, the canted angles on claw-and-ball feet, restorations
242cm. high x 145cm. wide x 72cm. deep
Third quarter 18th Century
The waved arched moulded cornice centred by a rockwork clasp, above a pair of doors with mirrored shaped panels, enclosing a plain interior with two adjustable shelfs and three base drawers, above two candle-slides, the central section with a hinged flap, enclosing a fitted interior with a central mirrored door enclosing a plain interior, flanked to either side by a secret compartment, a pigeon-hole, with two small drawers and three drawers, above a well and a green baize-lined writing-surface, the bomb base-section with two supports above two short drawers and two long drawers, the canted angles on claw-and-ball feet, restorations
242cm. high x 145cm. wide x 72cm. deep