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A mahogany and satinwood-banded secretaire bookcase, 19th century
the pierced fret-carved swans neck cornice above a chequer-banded moulding and a pair of astragal glazed doors enclosing three shelves, the projecting lower section with oval inlaid deep drawer enclosing an arrangement of pigeon holes and drawers around a central cupboard door and a pair of similarly inlaid panelled cupboard doors below enclosing an adjustable shelf, on shaped bracket feet, some damage to the cresting -- 45½in. (116cm.) wide See Illustration
the pierced fret-carved swans neck cornice above a chequer-banded moulding and a pair of astragal glazed doors enclosing three shelves, the projecting lower section with oval inlaid deep drawer enclosing an arrangement of pigeon holes and drawers around a central cupboard door and a pair of similarly inlaid panelled cupboard doors below enclosing an adjustable shelf, on shaped bracket feet, some damage to the cresting -- 45½in. (116cm.) wide See Illustration