Sale 5750
London, South Kensington
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25 January 2005
Price realised
GBP 8,400
Estimate
A NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT BUREAU CABINET 18TH CENTURY With an arched broken pediment above a pair of glazed doors, the base with an arrangement of six short crossbanded drawers, a pull-out writing slide and three further serpentine drawers below, the sides crossbanded and quarter veneered, on later bun feet, bearing a paper label to the reverse '0 19043/BLADONS Ltd/House Furnishers, Hull', possibly originally with a fall front and subsequently adapted. 96in. (244cm.) high, 44in. (112cm.) wide, 22½in. (57cm.) deep
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