18th century The floating panel top set into a standard mitre, mortise and tenon, tongue and groove frame with rounded corners showing exposed tenons on the short sides, the four main stiles subtly splayed and double-tenoned into the top, rounded on the exterior edges and square in the interior, beaded along the edge between the stiles and the side panels and doors, the doors of typical mortise, tenon and floating panel construction, centred by a removable stile, opening to reveal a removable shelf resting on the dovetailed transverse braces of the side panels and a central section comprising a shelf and two drawers with metal plates and pulls, a plain apron tongue-and-grooved and butt-joined to the frame and sides, the door-frame members and the central stile fitted with rectangular metal plates and pulls and decorated with three lock receptacles, original lacquer coating on the back. 88cm (34 1/2in) wide x 46cm (18in) deep x 165cm (65in) high.