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Bureau on a separate pedestal with obliquely placed curved legs, decorated with floral and leaf work, volutes and rocailles. Double-curved lower cabinet with drawer. Top with sloping flap with knorren edge. Upright with two doors with glass panes concealing drawers. Silver fittings.
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Bureau on a separate pedestal with obliquely placed curved legs, decorated with floral and leaf work, volutes and rocailles. Double-curved lower cabinet with drawer. Top with sloping flap with knorren edge. Upright with two doors with glass panes concealing drawers. Silver fittings.

anonymous · c. 1750 - c. 1800 · ebony (wood); wood (plant material); silver (metal); glass

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Miniature writing cabinet. Ebony and other tropical wood. Indonesia, c. 1760 - 1780.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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furnituredeskbureau tablewriting desk
Credit lineBureau op los voetstuk met overhoeks geplaatste gebogen poten, versierd met bloem- en bladwerk, voluten en rocailles. Dubbelgebogen onderkast met lade. Bovenzijde met schuine klep met knorrenrand. Ops. c. 1750 - c. 1800. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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