A Queen Anne style chinoiserie scarlet lacquered and gilt bureau bookcase

in two parts, the arched cornice above a pair of bevelled mirror doors enclosing shelves, pigeonholes and twin cupboards, below are two candleslides, the fall enclosing a stepped and fitted interior with a well, the lower part with two short and two long drawers, on shaped bracket feet, base re-modelled from an 18th century bureau

Generally good and very decorative. Some typical marks to the silvering of the mirror plates. The right short drawer in the base lacks lock. All keys lacking. The base with typical splits to the sides. The interiors are tidy. The right side return with partially fractured molding at the top of the bureau section.
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