Dutch Calvinist Desk Mahogany

Dutch Calvinist Desk with Cuban Mahogany veneer.

sober and serious outside, when it opens up it’s spectacular!

slide-out work surface;

tambour doors top cabinet with cubby-hole organising section;

bone not ivory knobs on work-surface drawers, others brass;

drawers behind the cabinet door, brass fittings;

side cabinet with pull-out drinks shelf;

antique escritoire / secretaire / bureau / secretary;

19th century, +/1 1860 to 1870;

work surface is 113 x 58 cm, at 78 cm height;

with desk extended unit is 116 cm deep, 78 cm when closed;