MID-18TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE-EXPORT BRASS MOUNTED HUALI BUREAU
MID-18TH CENTURY
THE FALL-FRONT ENCLOSING AN ARRANGEMENT OF DRAWERS AND PIGEON HOLES, ABOVE FOUR GRADUATED LONG DRAWERS ON BRACKET FEET WITH BRASS CASTORS, WITH SIDE CARRYING HANDLES, SOME CHINESE CHARACTER MARKS
41½ IN. (105 CM.) HIGH; 41¾ IN. (106 CM.) WIDE; 22¼ IN. (56.5 CM.) DEEP

Special notice

This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

Sale room notice

PLEASE NOTE THIS BUREAU IS CONSTRUCTED OF 'HUALI' TIMBER RATHER THAN 'HUANG HAULI' AS PER PRINTED CATALOGUE.

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Lot Essay

THE HANDSOME BUREAU OF FINE-FIGURED AND ROSE-COLOURED ASIAN HUALI
IS CONCEIVED IN THE GEORGE II 'MODERN' FASHION FEATURED IN B. LANGLEY'S, 'CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS', 1740. SUCH CHINESE PADOUK FURNISHINGS WERE HIGHLY PRIZED IN THE DRESSING AND RECEPTION ROOMS OF FASHIONABLE BEDROOM APARTMENTS, WHICH WERE DECORATED WITH CHINESE SILKS AND PAPERS AS WELL AS WITH CHINA-EQUIPPED TEA-TABLES.

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