This superb closet, decorated with beads and ebony strings, has an elevated upper section with a perforated brass gallery, surrounded by a pair of amboyna doors clad and inlaid with ebony that open to reveal an interior with shelves. Each door with a cut edge with ebony panels flanked by a pair of curved doors being lined with pleated fabric and grilled in brass, which again opens to an archived interior.

The lower section, with a drawer lined with central frieze mahogany mounted in ormolu, flanked by two bow-shaped drawers, each being folded sideways. Below is a pair of built-in glass doors and a pull slip lined with baux with golden handles above a fit apron. On both sides of the recess are the tapered turned columns inlaid with ebony strings, with a pair of conforming cabinets between another pair of identical columns.

Offered in excellent condition, having been carefully restored using traditional methods and provided with a work key.

The quality of this office should not be underestimated and, although unsigned, it would have been done by one of the best Victorian cabinetmakers, probably like Gillows or Lamb of Manchester.

This is an extremely thin, very rare and quality office for exhibitions that appeals to any home.

The veneer used is amboyna, which is usually used only as a filler or for decorative panels on furniture, as it is such a rare and expensive exotic wood. The name derives from Ambon Island, Indonesia, where it is believed that much of the figurative wood was initially exported. Amboyna is still among the most expensive and sought after in all the woods today.

This cabinet is divided into two sections for easy transport.