Mahogany kneehole desk with serpentine front

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Furniture. Kneehole desk/bureau dressing table. Mahogany kneehole desk with serpentine front, applied carving on the canted corners, leather inset top and ormolu mounts on the drawers. Kneehole and recessed cabinet framed with arch and fluted pilasters. Three of the drawers are frieze, while the recessed cupboard is flanked by six concave pedestal drawers. Mahogany, leather top, height 82.5 cm, width 142.4 cm, depth 72.5 cm, circa 1750. English.

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Accession Number: M.12-1961
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Camera: NIKON D70
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Exposure time: 1/60
Fnumber: 5/1
Captured: 2012:03:16 14:57:32

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18th Century bureau carved carving columns compartments cupboard desk drawers English Fitz_AA furniture Georgian kneehole desk leather mahogany ormolu pilaster recessed serpentine snake wood wooden

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