Antique Chinese Dragon Carved Bureau

This stunning antique bureau is likely an Anglo-Chinese or Chinoiserie piece (European furniture with Chinese style decoration) made in the late 19th or early 20th century for the Western market. It is heavily carved with dragons on both sides and the whole front, the drop leaf has 2 drawers in also carved and the inside sides also have been carved. The drawers slide freely. The lower part of the bureau has 2 drawers, both slide freely, with the bottom one being double deep. The open hatch upstand has carvings on the lower half with a shelf, the upper part has a crest with the motto with dragons either side. There is a piece of fret work missing from the top side. "Celer et certa" is Latin phrase that translates to "swift and certain" or "quick and sure. This makes it a strange piece as the crest is similar to Pugin's wall mounts from the gothic revival, or was it made for an important family back in the Victorian times? This bureau is a rare piece of furniture, with so much history and so many stories it could tell, with so many more to tell. Please see all pictures for condition Size: 25.5" wide x 16" deep x 53" high