Cabinet on stand, walnut enriched with floral marquetry in stained ivory an other woods. The cabinet of walnut is surmounted by a moulded cornice and frieze drawer of convex section. The drawer front has two oval panels of floral marquetry of coloured woods and ebony. Two doors each decorated with floral marquetry, within oyster cut veneer borders, which open to disclose ten drawers surrounding a central cupboard. The fronts of the drawers are veneered with oyster wood as are the inside faces of the doors. Drawer linings of oak. The central door is veneered with a panel of floral marquetry against an ebony ground and opens to disclose three further small drawers.

The stand is supported on six column legs, four at the front and two at the back, with stretchers of interlacing scrolls. The whole stand, including columns and stretchers, is veneered with floral marquetry of stained ivory and coloured woods. The stretchers notably have marquetry on the sides as well as the front. In the upper stage of the stand there is a wide oak-lined drawer; between each pair of front legs a shaped apron, veneered en suite with the remainder. Turned bun feet. Carcase of pine. Original brass handles.

Condition & Construction
Object has high and degrading varnish and cracks with veneer losses to the left hand door. The marquetry is of two types, oyster and floral with engraving. The marquetry includes ivory inlaid in half thickness on a backing support. The lock in the inner central cupboard is a later addition.

The drawers are pine fronted with veneered front face but are inconsistent and have been bandaged. The large bottom drawer is dovetailed front and back, the forms of which have ghosted through the front marquetry. The doors appear to have been extended and are ill proportioned, in a manner unattributable to shrinkage.

The lower section is made of pearwood stained with inlay and appears aesthetically different from the upper section. The rear has been stained and bandaged.