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Late 19th Century Swedish Pine Secretaire with Fall-Front Desk Top
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 19th Century Swedish secretaire with fall-front desk top.
This style of desk was very popular in the 18th and 19th century in Sweden.
It offers an ingenious array of storage pos...
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Directoire Secretaires
Materials
Pine
18th Century Italian Painted Pine Bureau
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century Italian painted pine bureau. Circa 1780.
With lovely layers of old paint, this bureau offers plenty of overt and hidden storage across two se...
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Secretaires
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Wood, Pine, Paint
18th Century English Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An Excellent Late 18th Century English Mahogany Breakfront Secretaire Bookcase.
This bookcase has a breakfront outline and is small in size.
The overhanging and moulded cornice abov...
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Antique 18th Century Secretaires
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Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Secrétaire à Abattant
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An Exceptional French Louis XVI Period Secrétaire à Abattant with Parquetry Detailing and Marble Top.
This outstanding piece of furniture is veneered primarily in amaranth and tulip...
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Chinese Export Secretaire Chest
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Tall Chinese secretaire chest, similar to a campaign chest.
With a wonderful drop front, this chest would have been made for Chinese export and still retains its original brass dr...
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Antique 19th Century English Country Secretaires
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Swedish Secretaire Cupboard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Swedish 19th Century painted secretaire cupboard in the Gustavian style.
This cupboard dates from the late 19th Century and consists of two cupboard doors below the secretaire fal...
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Secretaires
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Wood, Paint
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