Secretaire chest Australian cedar c1835. Sydney, plate 36 Australian furniture a guidebook by John Buttsworth, illustrated in nineteenth century Australian furniture plates 51 and 52. Sydney origin, the rectangular top above a stepped front with a generous secretaire drawer in the form of two short dummy drawers, enclosing a leather writing surface and an arrangement of drawers, pigeon holes and a central compartment with door and secret drawer, above three long graduated drawers with turned knobs flanked by reeded columns and raised on ball feet, 126 cm wide, 164 cm deep, 120 cm high. Provence John Buttsworth