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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 173558, member: 25"]It appears to be a good quality bureau bookcase from the early 20th C. The important thing is the good quality. I'd buy that over a much older but less well detailed example. It is a useful item of furniture, every home should have one even if you have a laptop on the fall front and a wi-fi router in the central cupboard.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am guessing it is British. If it had a discrete label somewhere for Gillow or Waring and Gillow that would be a real bonus, but unless it looks a lot worse in person than in the pictures, I like it.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I am pretty ancient. Not everyone wants brown furniture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Re reading the original post I see it is in Britain. I am pretty sure it is not continental European but 1920s British, and if I was leaving Germnay or Austria, I'd not be taking such a big lump with me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 173558, member: 25"]It appears to be a good quality bureau bookcase from the early 20th C. The important thing is the good quality. I'd buy that over a much older but less well detailed example. It is a useful item of furniture, every home should have one even if you have a laptop on the fall front and a wi-fi router in the central cupboard. I am guessing it is British. If it had a discrete label somewhere for Gillow or Waring and Gillow that would be a real bonus, but unless it looks a lot worse in person than in the pictures, I like it. However, I am pretty ancient. Not everyone wants brown furniture. Re reading the original post I see it is in Britain. I am pretty sure it is not continental European but 1920s British, and if I was leaving Germnay or Austria, I'd not be taking such a big lump with me.[/QUOTE]
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