Furniture & Works of Art - 07 Oct 2014
A George II style walnut dressing bureau on stand
A George II style walnut dressing bureau on stand, the arched bevelled plate to a carved giltwood slip and urn finials above a burr veneered bureau with crossbanding and feather stringing, the hinged fall revealing drawers and pigeon holes flanking a central cupboard door above a frieze drawer fitted with four lidded lift-out boxes and with further divisions, above a drawer, all fitted with gilt brass handles and escutcheons, the stand with a shaped apron on moulded legs and scroll feet, George II but the upper section later, 156cm high, 59cm wide, 39cm deep.
Provenance: Acquired from Partridge, London, c.1973.