A fine brass bound China Trade camphor wood campaign secretary in two parts with drawers having applied edge moldings. The top section with a long drawer above a central half width fitted secretary drawer centered by quarter width drawers - a single deep drawer on one side and two half height drawers on the other and all above another long drawer. The bottom section with two long drawers and raised on turned feet.
The secretary drawer retaining the label "AH TIM, / Carpenter & Cabinet Maker, / From Canton, / Has Always on Hand, / Chest Trunks, and Household, / Furnitures / For Sales, / Close to Eastern Market, / 14 Queen's Road East, / Hongkong"
Canton, Hongkong, c.1840
Measurements: 50"h x 42.5w x 19.75d |