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An Edwardian mahogany bureau bookcase
inlaid with lines, the upper part with a swan neck pediment and egg-and-dart moulded cornice, fitted with adjustable shelves and enclosed by a pair of glazed astragal panelled doors, the crossbanded lower part with a sloping fall centred by an oval panel with a figure of a youth dreaming overlooking a distant yatch and enclosing a well fitted concave interior inlaid with shelves with drawers and enclosed compartments and a baize lined writing surface, containing two short and three long drawers below flanked by quarter column stiles on outswept bracket feet -- 49in. (125cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep, 104in. (264cm.) high
inlaid with lines, the upper part with a swan neck pediment and egg-and-dart moulded cornice, fitted with adjustable shelves and enclosed by a pair of glazed astragal panelled doors, the crossbanded lower part with a sloping fall centred by an oval panel with a figure of a youth dreaming overlooking a distant yatch and enclosing a well fitted concave interior inlaid with shelves with drawers and enclosed compartments and a baize lined writing surface, containing two short and three long drawers below flanked by quarter column stiles on outswept bracket feet -- 49in. (125cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep, 104in. (264cm.) high