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CIRCA 1770-1780
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A Dutch ormolu-mounted mahogany bureau-cabinet
Circa 1770-1780
The arched moulded rectangular cornice centred by an urn issuing husk-trails, above a pair of panelled doors with mirrors, the later rectangular plates set in cut-corner husk-trail frames, each surmounted by a ribbon-tied laurel leaf garland, enclosing a plain interior with four shelves and three open compartments, the frieze with a pair of slides, above the bombé base with a hinged S-shaped slope with a green baize lined writing surface to the reverse, enclosing a fitted interior with ten drawers and two pigeon holes, with a central tambour shutter door enclosing a further drawer and an open compartment, flanked to either side by a secret compartment headed by corinthean capitals, above a slide enclosing a well with four drawers and two secret drawers, the frieze with two short drawers above three graduated drawers and between keeled angles, on splayed feet, minor losses to the veneer, the lockplates later
259cm. high x 133cm. wide x 60cm. deep
Circa 1770-1780
The arched moulded rectangular cornice centred by an urn issuing husk-trails, above a pair of panelled doors with mirrors, the later rectangular plates set in cut-corner husk-trail frames, each surmounted by a ribbon-tied laurel leaf garland, enclosing a plain interior with four shelves and three open compartments, the frieze with a pair of slides, above the bombé base with a hinged S-shaped slope with a green baize lined writing surface to the reverse, enclosing a fitted interior with ten drawers and two pigeon holes, with a central tambour shutter door enclosing a further drawer and an open compartment, flanked to either side by a secret compartment headed by corinthean capitals, above a slide enclosing a well with four drawers and two secret drawers, the frieze with two short drawers above three graduated drawers and between keeled angles, on splayed feet, minor losses to the veneer, the lockplates later
259cm. high x 133cm. wide x 60cm. deep
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.