Victorian Porcelain-Mounted & Inlaid Burlwood Bonheur Du Jour

Lot description

English Victorian parcel-ebonized amboyna burlwood bonheur du jour/ ladies writing desk, 19th c., inlaid throughout with banding and stringwork, mounted with gilt-metal accents, and painted porcelain portrait plaques, superstructure with central mirrored compartment, flanked by cabinets, one with open interior, the other with fixed shelf, above three frieze drawers, central drawer fitted with sliding leather-inset writing surface, on fluted columnar supports over mirrored back, joined by medial shelf, ending on turned feet, superstructure with small segment of trim loss, door panel separation, approx 58.25"h, 53"w, 22.5"d, bottom of apron to floor (clearance): approx 24.25"h