A Continental walnut, birch and marquetry bureau, late 18th century, almost certainly North Italian, the fall-front enclosing pigeon holes and three drawers, profusely inlaid overall with floral panels and cartouches of rustic figural scenes Provenance: Major-General Sir George Burns, North Mymms Park; Christie's House Sale, 24 September 1979, lot 153 (£4,683). Cf. a bureau by Ignaz Arnd Fulda illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels, 1970, III, fig.117. LITERATURE: Another bureau, similar, was sold from the collection of Lady Phipps, Christie's, London, 31 October 1968, lot 82.