A LATE VICTORIAN SYCAMORE, SABICU, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE LATE 19TH CENTURY, ADAPTED FROM AN 18TH CENTURY BOOKCASE BY WILLIAM WILSON IN THE MANNER OF MAYHEW AND INCE OF BREAKFRONT FORM, THE ARCHED PEDIMENT OVER A FLUTED CORNICE AND THREE GLAZED DOORS ENCLOSING A SHELVED CREAM SILK-LINED INTERIOR, ABOVE A CENTRAL SECRETAIRE DRAWER OPENING TO REVEAL A GILT-TOOLED GREEN LEATHER-LINED WRITING SURFACE AND A RANGE OF PIGEONHOLES AND CEDAR-LINED DRAWERS, FLANKED BY TWO DRAWERS ABOVE THREE CABINET DOORS, DECORATED OVERALL WITH STYLIZED LEAF MEDALLIONS AND BELLFLOWER SWAGS, LOWER RIGHT DRAWER BOTTOM WITH PENCIL INSCRIPTION WM WILSON NORWICH , WIRED FOR ELECTRICITY 93IN. (236CM.) HIGH, 67IN. (170CM.) WIDE, 15IN. (38CM.) DEEP
A LATE VICTORIAN SYCAMORE, SABICU, TULIPWOOD AND MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE LATE 19TH CENTURY, ADAPTED FROM AN 18TH CENTURY BOOKCASE BY WILLIAM WILSON IN THE MANNER OF MAYHEW AND INCE OF BREAKFRONT FORM, THE ARCHED PEDIMENT OVER A FLUTED CORNICE AND THREE GLAZED DOORS ENCLOSING A SHELVED CREAM SILK-LINED INTERIOR, ABOVE A CENTRAL SECRETAIRE DRAWER OPENING TO REVEAL A GILT-TOOLED GREEN LEATHER-LINED WRITING SURFACE AND A RANGE OF PIGEONHOLES AND CEDAR-LINED DRAWERS, FLANKED BY TWO DRAWERS ABOVE THREE CABINET DOORS, DECORATED OVERALL WITH STYLIZED LEAF MEDALLIONS AND BELLFLOWER SWAGS, LOWER RIGHT DRAWER BOTTOM WITH PENCIL INSCRIPTION WM WILSON NORWICH , WIRED FOR ELECTRICITY 93IN. (236CM.) HIGH, 67IN. (170CM.) WIDE, 15IN. (38CM.) DEEP
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