Bureau Bookcase (c. 1780 England)

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A GEO III BUREAU BOOKCASE
Mahogany
England
Circa 1780.



The bookcase having a swan neck pediment with blind fret-work and carved floral terminals above a dentil moulded cornice and blind fret-work frieze, the bookcase doors with fifteen pane glazing, the exceptionally well figured bureau fall enclosing a fitted interior of twelve small drawers, four pigeon holes and an inlaid central door flanked by two secret compartments, with a leather-lined writing surface, above two short and three long drawers, on ogee bracket feet.



Measurements: 95 ½” (243cm) High 45 ½” (116cm) Wide 24 ¾” (63cm) Deep