This is a rare and exceptional William & Mary Mulberry and Walnut Bureau possibly by Coxed and Woster, it has superb glowing colour and patina throughout. The handles are period examples from the George I era and we believe they were changed along with the bracket feet in the early part of the 18th Century in keeping with the fashion of the day. Veneered on Oak groundwork in matching Burr Ash veneers which have been treated in order to create a mottled effect known as Mulberry. This process was widely used in the late 17th and early 18th century by London cabinet makers Coxed & Woster. This piece is fitted with reading rest to the fall and sliding well to the interior, having feather banding to the borders and early single bead decoration to the drawer divisions. The Interior has five secret drawers, one behind each of the left and right drawers and three behind a hidden compartment to the front of the sliding well when opened. The ends and cross grain mouldings are made in Walnut, thi...