Lot Essay
This bureau is applied with brass C-scroll handles with similarities to those used by Thomas Chippendale on his furniture.
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An early George III mahogany bureau
The sloping fall enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon holes and various drawers about a central compartment with pull-out interior fitted with secret comparments to the back, enclosed by a rosewood crossbanded and chequer-inlaid door, inset with a later leather-lined panel, containing four long drawers applied with contemporary brass handles, on fret bracket feet, fall with damage to the edge
41in. (104cm.) wide, 39in. (100.5cm.) wide, 21in. (53.5cm.) deep
The sloping fall enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon holes and various drawers about a central compartment with pull-out interior fitted with secret comparments to the back, enclosed by a rosewood crossbanded and chequer-inlaid door, inset with a later leather-lined panel, containing four long drawers applied with contemporary brass handles, on fret bracket feet, fall with damage to the edge
41in. (104cm.) wide, 39in. (100.5cm.) wide, 21in. (53.5cm.) deep