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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2066068, member: 5833"]I get search results that are most similar to your secretary/desk in the way they are decorated when I search for Regency pieces:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/royalantiques/catalogue-id-royal-10001/lot-07fa8d0c-1fe0-45ce-951d-a8a1012f9bb8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/royalantiques/catalogue-id-royal-10001/lot-07fa8d0c-1fe0-45ce-951d-a8a1012f9bb8" rel="nofollow">https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/royalantiques/catalogue-id-royal-10001/lot-07fa8d0c-1fe0-45ce-951d-a8a1012f9bb8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Had to Google around a bit, but see what Ghopper means about Davenport elements:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/desks-writing-tables/early-19th-century-british-davenport-desk-manner-gillows/id-f_12070773/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/desks-writing-tables/early-19th-century-british-davenport-desk-manner-gillows/id-f_12070773/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/desks-writing-tables/early-19th-century-british-davenport-desk-manner-gillows/id-f_12070773/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yours differs from others that come up in having that upper section with the mirror & drawer compartments.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know furniture, but I do know cupids, & these are more Regency/William IV, so I'm going with a date in the first third of the 19th century. Seller assigns this one to 1860; beautiful, but no inlay:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/storage-case-pieces/desks/fantastic-burr-walnut-piano-top-davenport/id-f_18188791/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtLT1BRD9ARIsAMH3BtXyRFJF3wOboWiSwBQOuVFwymElzS-IjjFfcCvBh2DqxqZOD_ZwTGEaAsP7EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/storage-case-pieces/desks/fantastic-burr-walnut-piano-top-davenport/id-f_18188791/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtLT1BRD9ARIsAMH3BtXyRFJF3wOboWiSwBQOuVFwymElzS-IjjFfcCvBh2DqxqZOD_ZwTGEaAsP7EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/storage-case-pieces/desks/fantastic-burr-walnut-piano-top-davenport/id-f_18188791/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtLT1BRD9ARIsAMH3BtXyRFJF3wOboWiSwBQOuVFwymElzS-IjjFfcCvBh2DqxqZOD_ZwTGEaAsP7EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2066068, member: 5833"]I get search results that are most similar to your secretary/desk in the way they are decorated when I search for Regency pieces: [URL]https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/royalantiques/catalogue-id-royal-10001/lot-07fa8d0c-1fe0-45ce-951d-a8a1012f9bb8[/URL] Had to Google around a bit, but see what Ghopper means about Davenport elements: [URL]https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/desks-writing-tables/early-19th-century-british-davenport-desk-manner-gillows/id-f_12070773/[/URL] Yours differs from others that come up in having that upper section with the mirror & drawer compartments. I don't know furniture, but I do know cupids, & these are more Regency/William IV, so I'm going with a date in the first third of the 19th century. Seller assigns this one to 1860; beautiful, but no inlay: [URL]https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/storage-case-pieces/desks/fantastic-burr-walnut-piano-top-davenport/id-f_18188791/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtLT1BRD9ARIsAMH3BtXyRFJF3wOboWiSwBQOuVFwymElzS-IjjFfcCvBh2DqxqZOD_ZwTGEaAsP7EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds[/URL][/QUOTE]
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