Palm Beach Furniture & Decorative Arts

Updated Tuesday 12/5 -
In overall good condition.  The japanned decoration later applied.  There are some minor areas of wear to the painted and japanned surfaces as well as intentional 'craquelure'  Old tape reenfocements to the drawers of lower section.  There are other cracks and nicks to other drawers. 
The upper case's double drawers enclose an arrangement of shelves and drawers centering a locked double-door compartment.  The arrangement may have been a later reconfiguration.  The fall-front desk enclosing a similar arrangement of shelves and drawers centering a central locked drawer flanked by leather book-form compartments, all above a brown leather writing surface.  There are cracks and minor damages to the drawers below the vertical shelves.  The leather books dusty, slightly hard to remove and shedding some leather bits due to dry conditions and age.  The central locked compartment locked, lacking key.  The fall-front's support blades lined with later felt to protect the painted and japanned decoration. The lower case with two short and three long drawers.  Each drawer has old tape repairs to fortify the drawer bottoms.  
The upper and lower section are secured with hook and eye catches at the reverse.
The feet apparently are in good condition.
With one key to open upper interior small drawers.

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