Martlesham Antiques is a family run business and has been trading since 1984. We are located in Suffolk just outside Woodbridge and is run from a spacious thatched cottage housing nine large showrooms with a vast adjacent car park. Specialising in 18th and 19th century furniture, together with creating custom hand-made furniture which is supplied to various interior designers, trade and the retail market. Every piece on the showroom floor is in excellent condition and ready to go straight into the buyers home or premises. All of Martlesham Antiques furniture is hand polished by their own French polishers and restorers to a very high standard. We are also a member of LAPADA, the association of art and antiques.
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Certified DealerApproved item1726 sales by dealerFree DeliveryAvailable for local pick-up
Description
An impressive Chinoiserie bureau bookcase on a red background, the carcass itself 18th Century but lacquered in the early 20th Century, having a pierced fret swan neck pediment with decorative floral patraes, nice shaped moulded cornice with dentil moulding, the top section having two astrigal glazed doors with three shelves inside, the middle shelf fixed and the other two adjustable replacement glass shelves, the fall opening to reveal a superb fitted interior with various drawers, compartments and a well, the base section having a selection of five graduated, oak lined drawers with brass plate handles and escutcheons, standing on bracket feet. The front, sides and inside of the bureau and bookcase lacqured depicting Chinese countryside scenes, lovely quality and in excellent condition. Circa 1920.
measurements
Height:
233 cm
Width:
107 cm
Depth:
55 cm
measurements
declaration
Martlesham Antiques has clarified that the Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Bureau Bookcase (LA347382) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1920