Lot Essay
The unusual feature of foliate-engraved brass mounts on a cabinet of this date appears on a bureau-cabinet of virtually identical form, sold by Mrs K. E. Metcalfe, Sotheby's London, 8 December 1972, lot 69.
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A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT DOUBLE-DOMED BUREAU-CABINET
Featherbanded overall and in three parts, the upper section brass-mounted, the moulded cornice with turned finials above two arched doors with later shaped arched bevelled rectangular plates above a pair of candle-slides, the upper section enclosing numerous variously-sized drawers, pigeon-holes and folio-racks, centred by two arched doors between a pair of composite columns surmounted by male and female figures, enclosing a recess with one shelf, the bureau section with writing-slope enclosing five drawers and ten pigeon-holes above a central well with three secret drawers to the front edge covered by a slide, with three graduated drawers below, on elm bun feet, restorations, the bureau section originally with two additional drawers
95 in. (241.5 cm.) high; 42 in. (107.5 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Featherbanded overall and in three parts, the upper section brass-mounted, the moulded cornice with turned finials above two arched doors with later shaped arched bevelled rectangular plates above a pair of candle-slides, the upper section enclosing numerous variously-sized drawers, pigeon-holes and folio-racks, centred by two arched doors between a pair of composite columns surmounted by male and female figures, enclosing a recess with one shelf, the bureau section with writing-slope enclosing five drawers and ten pigeon-holes above a central well with three secret drawers to the front edge covered by a slide, with three graduated drawers below, on elm bun feet, restorations, the bureau section originally with two additional drawers
95 in. (241.5 cm.) high; 42 in. (107.5 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Sale room notice
There is a strip of replacement veneer on the lower section of the flap, presumably where a constructional joint has seperated.