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A mahogany and satinwood-banded davenport, 20th century
The raised superstructure with pierced three-quarter gallery and hinged top enclosing a letter-rack, above a conch-shell inlaid frieze, the hinged crossbanded leather-lined slope enclosing two short drawers with four drawers to one side opposed by dummy drawers, the top supported on bobbin-turned columns, on a plinth base with bun feet and castors -- 24in. (61cm.) wide
The raised superstructure with pierced three-quarter gallery and hinged top enclosing a letter-rack, above a conch-shell inlaid frieze, the hinged crossbanded leather-lined slope enclosing two short drawers with four drawers to one side opposed by dummy drawers, the top supported on bobbin-turned columns, on a plinth base with bun feet and castors -- 24in. (61cm.) wide