A Swedish Empire Birch Secretaire Chest of Drawers c.1840 sub-Art & Sculpture the Catherine Eddowes blood stained

the Catherine Eddowes blood stained apron and The Goulston Street graffito and is therefore a fascinating and rather important artefact in British criminal history

in a black overcoat with a peppermint white neckerchief

The gilding is original and shows rubbing showing the pink base bole underneath and there is a nice craquelure to the surface with some small losses throughout to the frame

There are old repairs and fortifications to the reverses and flanks and some very old worm

A Swedish Empire Birch Secretaire Chest of Drawers c.1840 sub-Art & Sculpture the Catherine Eddowes blood stainedOrigin: 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