We are a family owned antiques business based in North East England, on the outskirts of Newcastle upon Tyne. Although we specialise in antique furniture, our range of antique clocks, ceramics, glass and metal ware are also quite comprehensive. Our showroom houses all of the antiques you see on our website and we encourage customers to visit us in person if at all possible. Our philosophy is “Excellence through consistent quality”; using his experience of the antiques trade Graham aims to provide customers with all the help and advice they may need in choosing antiques for home or business. All of the antiques we stock are sourced and personally chosen by Graham, who travels the length and breadth of England and Scotland in search of high quality antiques.
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Description
A 19th Century Victorian antique bombé shaped bureau with a cabinet top.
The bureau is quarter veneered in kingwood and is parquetry inlaid with figured walnut.
The bureau has gilt metal mounts and stands on four cabriole shaped legs.
The shaped flap opens and is supported by gilded metal arms and has it's original blue leather with gold tooling writing surface.
The interior has a storage area above three shaped drawers veneered in figured maple and root wood with gilt metal handles.
To the front of the drawers is a disguised storage area that slides backwards for access and is veneered in burr walnut and cross banded.
The cabinet top has a pair of serpentine glazed doors and a gilt metal gallery back.
The inside of the cabinet is lined in blue velvet and has a single loose shelf with a gilt metal bead front.
The bureau is in very good original condition and is signed on the secondary wood top 'Made by A Dickman 251 Tottenham Crt Road London 1870', Alexander Andrew Dickman is listed as a Cabinet Maker in Tottenham court road in the 1860's. (Circa 1870).
measurements
Height:
139 CM
Width:
89 CM
Depth:
54 CM
measurements
declaration
Graham Smith Antiques Ltd has clarified that the Kingwood & Walnut Bombé Shaped Bureau (LA103875) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being Circa 1870