A serpentine bureau D. José I, King of Portugal (1750-1777) Brazilian rosewood carved pilasters and feet, moulded top and front of drawers, interior with door, secrets, drawers and pidgeon holes, bronze handles en relief Portuguese restoration, minor faults and defects Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 120 x 138 x 89 cm Notes: vd. similar copy in PINTO, Maria Helena Mendes - "Os Móveis e o seu Tempo - Mobiliário Português do Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga - Séculos XV-XIX". Lisbon: Portuguese Institute of Cultural Heritage, 1985-1987, p. 92, nº 82; and FREIRE, Fernanda Castro - "Mobiliário - II volume". Lisbon: Ricardo do Espirito Santo Silva Foundation, School of Portuguese Decorative Arts Museum, 2002, pp. 128-129, nº inv. 570.