Appraisal: Dutch Rococo Revival Desk, ca. 1890, from Birmingham, Hour 2. Watch Sebastian Clarke's appraisal of an 1890 Dutch Rococo Revival Desk, in Birmingham, Hour 2.

At first glance it's a typical high-end rococo desk, its swanlike cabriole legs and paneled sides aglitter with gilt-bronze mounts, its surfaces alive with delicately painted scenes of temples, ruins ...