A good George I joined oak desk cabinet, circa 1725


With a well-fitted practical interior Having a cavetto-moulded cornice above a pair of arched fielded cupboard doors, enclosing sixteen small drawers centred by folio divisions, over eight arched pigeon-holes centred by a cupboard door enclosing a removable bank of five small drawers, a pair of candle-slides above the cleated sloping fall, which opens to reveal further pigeon-holes and small drawers, above a long drawer and a pair of fielded cupboard doors, enclosing two banks of three drawers, centred by large folio divisions and four rear drawers, on bracket feet, 98cm wide x 59.5cm deep x 216.5cm high, (38 1/2in wide x 23in deep x 85in high)