Important Large Indo-Portuguese Ebonized Teak Library Desk antique engraving this lovely antique desk features

this lovely antique desk features double doors with cartouche shaped mirrored panels and a dentil moulded cornice

and commissioned by the East India Company in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

It is crafted in rectangular form and features a hand painted cartouche with floral frame motif in the French Beaux-Arts neoclassical style

and could easily convert to a table lamp

Firebox: Width 56 Height 37

Important Large Indo-Portuguese Ebonized Teak Library Desk antique engraving this lovely antique desk featuresDETAILS This large and commodious, antique black lacquered writing table was fashioned with breadboard ends on the top and houses one very large and two smaller drawers; each with pierced, Chippendale style brasses. It sits atop boldly executed, cabriole legs, displaying crisply carved acanthus leaves on the knees and large, paw feet. Notice the gracefully shaped, scrolling apron with a beaded edge and central shell detail. It is a very decorative and