Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Redo thus allowing the sitter to

thus allowing the sitter to work

with one wider drawer to the middle

The silver basket is in very good condition

it is housed in the original gilded gesso frame

This casket most likely dates to the middle of the 16th century and is unusual in that the dials are repeated on each side

Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Redo thus allowing the sitter toA very rare antique Dutch Colonial V. O. C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau desk on stand, Batavia, circa 1730. This desk in the Queen Anne style was made in the Dutch East Indies, known as Batavia (now Indonesia) under the Colonial Dutch. The desk is made from padouk (Amboyna) and ebony wood, the desk having an ebony 'rippled' gallery to the top that follows the outline of the desk. The paneled fall front with a pierced work escutcheon &