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• Auction House:
  Leonard Joel
• Sale Name:
  Classic Furniture, Objects and Design Auction
• Sale Date:
  20 Nov 2011 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  130
• Lot Description:
  A Rare Miniature Straw Work Bureau
  Circa 1800. The complex shaped writing box decorated to all exterior and interior surfaces with coloured straw laid down in multiple tessellated patterns, with fold down front revealing a series of drawers, above a roll top door revealing further fitted compartments and recessed stage with miniature centurion standing guard, the upper most configuration again revealing similar styled compartments, (restoration to decoration of roll top; curtains replaced; hairline to inner glass cover of one compartment), 35cm wide.
• References:
  Illustrated in Cummins, Dr G., Antique Boxes: Inside and Out, Antique Collector's Club, Suffolk, colour plate 652, p.354.
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Furniture

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