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Miniature Cylinder Desk, 18th Century
$18,631.11

About the Item
Probably southwest German or Strasbourg/Alsace,
around 1780
Very high quality and elaborately worked miniature furniture for storing letters or other personal valuables, inlaid with a portrait medallion on the drawer and a bouquet of flowers on the flap.
Veneer in amaranth, rosewood and maple, partly coloured and engraved.
- Dimensions:Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Width: 14.18 in (36 cm)Depth: 10.63 in (27 cm)
- Style:Empire (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1780
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- Seller Location:Bamberg, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5644222806512
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