Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

83 213 A George II walnut and inlaid fall-front bureau the rectangular top above a cross- banded fall-front enclosing a fitted interior with an arrangment of cubby holes, secret compartments and drawers, the lower half with four graduated drawers, on bracket feet, 104cm high, 92cmwide, 58cm deep R –  214 A George II walnut secrétaire the rectangular outset top with ogee frieze drawer below, the fall-front inset with leather writing surface enclosing an interior fitted with a central cupboard door flanked by open cubby holes and ten drawers, the lower half with a pair of short drawers and two long graduated drawers, on bun feet, with depository paper label ‘J.G Webber & Sons, Depository, Maidenhead, No 1894’, restorations and repairs, 168,5cm high, 108,5cmwide, 52,5cm deep R –  214 213