A beautiful Victorian mahogany wardrobe

Excellent and very elegant Victorian wardrobe with three doors in mahogany color, featuring a molded cornice above a shaped mahogany frieze and mirrored central doors incorporating original sliders and a drawer or short hanging space, flanked by arched and carved panel doors closing off the hanging sections and additional drawers, standing on a plinth. Divided into 5 sections. Circa 1870.

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