Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 11th April 2018
Lot 404
λ A mid-18th century Anglo-Indian rosewood and ivory table bureau
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £5200
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Description
λ A mid-18th century Anglo-Indian rosewood and ivory table bureau, inlaid with bands of scrolling flowers and leaves with engraved details heightened with lac, the hinged fall with a silver escutcheon revealing an interior fitted with seven conforming drawers and three arcaded pigeon holes, above an arcaded drawer with twelve divisions, on bun feet, with side carrying handles, the top originally with a mirror, 28cm high, 54.2cm wide, 25.7cm deep.
See Amin Jaffer, Furniture From British Indian and Ceylon, p.189 pl.40 for a similar table bureau.