Late C19th Chinoiserie bamboo and lacquer pagoda-topped escritoire cabinet .Lacquer panelled bamboo cabinet with a fall-front writing slope enclosing a fitted interior of pigeon-holes and stationary compartments. The writing surface lined with a superb original red Morocco leather panel with gilt and ‘blind’ tooling of Greek-key design. The top left corner with a gilt lettered registration number mark . The top of the cabinet with a pagoda shaped pediment, the base below fitted with an asymmetrical arrangement of a drawer, open shelves and a cupboard with a fitted shelf below, all with original brass handles. The lower sides with decorative open bamboo ‘cock-pen’ work .The sides and cupboard interior all panelled and lined with the original painted embossed paper . The bamboo frame uprights with turned wooden caps .The black lacquer panels decorated with typical fantastical Chinoiserie scenes with birds and landscapes . In excellent original condition with only min...