A French marquetry inlaid ladies writing bureau with a pierced gilt metal gallery above sloping fall front enclosing fitted interior with well compartment, on slender cabriole legs with gilt-metal mounts height 91cm, width 73cm, depth 45cm, with a key Provenance details from the current owner: known to have belonged to Lady Enid de Chair, wife of Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair who served as Governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1924-1930 (a/f)

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