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    4 June 2009

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    Lot 28

    A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT BUREAU

    CIRCA 1710

    Price realised

    GBP 6,875

    Estimate

    GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000

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    A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT BUREAU
    CIRCA 1710
    Featherbanded overall, with a fitted interior with two long and six short drawers, one with three ink-wells, five pigeon-holes and a slide above a well, above four graduated drawers, the upper drawer with a concealed catch, on bracket feet, the metalwork apparently original, minor restorations to veneers
    40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep

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