This fabulous desk is beautifully made & has a wonderful shape too. It's antique Georgian style, satinwood, with some fine inlay & a hand coloured tooled leather writing surface. This writing table is two sided, so it could be used as a partners desk. There are three drawers on the front, with locks, brass handles & the drawer bottoms are mahogany. These drawers are beautifully made with very fine dovetails. The drawers on the back are dummies. The top edge, the drawer fronts & the sides have some very fine crossbanding & inlay in what I believe is rosewood or satinwood. The legs are tapered & culminate in spade end feet. There are many other fine features, so please enlarge all of the images. At first glance, this writing table looks like high quality Edwardian, but I think it has been made more recently, although it's hard too tell. Either way, it's a one off & in a high class retail establishment in town, would command £4000-£5000.

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This antique Regency style mahogany bookcase is very impressive & has a lot of style. Take a good look at all of the amazing features & enlarge all of the images to appreciate the quality. The astral glazing on the top doors is very striking. Behind these doors are adjustable shelves. The bottom cupboards have wonderful mouldings & there are two more shelves inside this part. Beneath this there is a shaped base & splayed feet. This very elegant bookcase is in good original condition & has working locks on the doors. There is a small piece of wood missing on the side of one of the feet, but that is hardly noticeable & all part of the character. I would say it dates to around the 1910-30's period, but it is really difficult to date exactly because it's a bit of a one off.

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This antique mahogany buffet is either early Victorian or even William 1V period. It's excellent quality & in lovely original condition, with good patina. This is a very useful item & it's nice to find one with the drawers in the middle. There are three shelves which are supported by six well turned columns. There are no splits or warps & it's full of character, so please enlarge on all the images. The casters are the original white porcelain ones.

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Very stylish small pair of Swedish Satinbirch armchairs with fluted backs. These chairs are in lovely condition, having just been recovered in a cream linen fabric & are very comfortable too. I would say they date from the 1930-50's period & I have had similar models in the past. Their design blends well with both modern & traditional settings.

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