A good and small James I oak and inlaid joined and boarded desk box, with 'secret compartment', circa 1620
REF: 4798
The one-piece hinged lid and top with dog-tooth and lozenge-shaped punch-decoration, a single rear shelf to the interior, the front with knot-pattern chequer linear inlay, atop a pair of small drawers, again inlaid, and individually locked by an internal stay-rod, the removable upright between the drawers revealing a rear long 'secret' drawer
- Height 31 cm / 12 "
- Width 44.3 cm / 17 "
- Depth 29.8 cm / 11 "
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