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A Baroque writing cabinet with superstructure
Estimate €3.500–5.500
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D. Maria I style Miniature Writing Cabinet
Estimate €600–1.200
Description
Banded in rosewood with marquetry work in satinwood, rosewood, tulipwood and hawthorn.
With three drawers.
Fall front and interior with drawers and pigeonholes.
Portugal, 19th century.
(signs of wear)
52x52.5x31 cm
The relationship between what we see and what we know is never complete. The way we see things is influenced by what we know, or by what we believe.
