A Swedish Empire Birch Secretaire Chest of Drawers c.1840 sub-Art & Sculpture though it is not PAT

though it is not PAT tested* and setting number one seems to be unreliable

Chimney cowls are used to help minimise down draughts

each surviving from the second quarter of the twentieth century

These figures came from Chastleton House in Oxfordshire

A Swedish Empire Birch Secretaire Chest of Drawers c.1840 sub-Art & Sculpture though it is not PATOrigin: SwedishPeriod: EmpireProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1840Height: 49. 5 Width: 47Depth: 22 (all at extremities)The exquisitely crafted Swedish Empire birch and birds eye maple wood secretaire chest of substantial proportions and heavy build quality, having a moulded cornice above a shallow drawer with secretaire drawer beneath, the fall opening to reveal an extensive ebonised fitted interior comprising of twenty fitted drawers and one central