A FINE WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT BUREAU BOOKCASE C.1700 the moulded cornice above a pair of mirrored doors with arched bevelled plates, enclosing a fitted interior of shelves, pigeonholes and drawers, above a pair of candle slides, the bureau with a feather banded fall front enclosing a well interior with pigeonholes and drawers above a two short and two graduated long drawers with brass handles and escutcheons, on bun feet 206cm high, 102cm wide, 58cm deep Provenance Purchased from W. R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd. Witney, 9th June 2006, for £29,000. The selected contents of Dinton Hall, Buckinghamshire.

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