An early Victorian mahogany secretaire bookcase, early 1840s, having a shaped pediment with a dentil motif above a finely inlaid panel and two astragal glazed doors, the fallfront opening to reveal an arrangement of partitions and small drawers above four full width cockbeaded drawers of graduating depths, all with decorative brass plates and hinged handles. Height 200 cm. Width 78 cm. Depth 45 cm