Important Large Indo-Portuguese Ebonized Teak Library Desk antique engraving It is crafted in rectangular

It is crafted in rectangular form and features a hand painted cartouche with floral frame motif in the French Beaux-Arts neoclassical style

5 Height 41

Note: heavy knife scratches

and commissioned by the East India Company in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

1839-1974)

Important Large Indo-Portuguese Ebonized Teak Library Desk antique engraving It is crafted in rectangularDETAILS This large and commodious, antique black lacquered writing table was fashioned with breadboard ends on the top and houses one very large and two smaller drawers; each with pierced, Chippendale style brasses. It sits atop boldly executed, cabriole legs, displaying crisply carved acanthus leaves on the knees and large, paw feet. Notice the gracefully shaped, scrolling apron with a beaded edge and central shell detail. It is a very decorative and