Object Description
An important William and Mary Period Burr Walnut Fall Front Escritoire with a convex “bible drawer” beneath a shaped, moulded cornice, the fall front opening to reveal 9 removable pigeon holes with secret compartments behind and an arrangement of drawers around a central cupboard containing a removable box revealing 3 further secret drawers, the right hand bottom drawer with a removable floor with a hidden compartment, the fall front fitted with a reading stand, the base with two half width and two full width drawers all raised on bun feet. This piece is feather banded throughout.
Circa 1690
Price :£ 25,000-00p.
Height: 68”, 173cms, Wdth: 46”, 117 cms, Depth :20.5”, 52 cms.
Lit: See ”English Furniture 1660 -1714 From Charles II to Queen Anne, by Adam Bowett, Chapter seven, for an almost identical example by John Guilbaud see plate 7:14 pages 203 to 210.