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Huguenot 17th-century Charles II William And Mary Walnut Two-piece Bureau

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Alexander George Antiques Ltd.

A rare and Important late 17th Century Charles II / William and Mary figured walnut two-piece bureau circa 1680, England.
 
The cross and double feather-banded top is veneered in book-matched figured walnut over a book-matched figured walnut feather and cross-banded fall. The fall opens to a similarly veneered interior of two long, four short, two pigeon holes and a well concealing two hidden drawers stowed within that are only accessible once the ink tray is removed and the candle drawers are fully open.
 
Candle drawers sit to the left and right of the figured walnut feather banded ogee moulded frieze above two short and two long oak-lined graduating drawers veneered in the same fashion fitted with what appears to be the original solid brass ring-pull handles, escutcheons and locks.
 
The stepped sides are each book-matched in choice cuts of figured walnut and crossbanded.
 
The bureau is raised on an ogee cross-grain moulded base and four walnut bun feet.
 
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Alexander George Antiques Ltd.
Offering carefully selected antique masterpieces from the 17th & 18th centuries
Alexander George Antiques Ltd. is also an antique trade association member of LAPADA
Oxfordshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07787 536199
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD