Details
A late Victorian satinwood and marquetry Sheraton revival lady's writing table inlaid overall with classical urns, scrolling foliage, bellflower and husk swags and anthemia, the recessed top with raised back with upholstered slide, leather-lined top and two side compartments operated by hidden mechanisms, above three frieze drawers, on square tapering legs joined by a concave undertier, damaged veneers, stamped Runyard -- 33in. (84cm.) wide.
This is based on a design in the Thomas Sheraton's, The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, Plate XXXVII where he notes that ....."They are frequently made of satinwood ..."
cf. A similar example in rosewood illustrated in Ralph Fastmedge: Sheraton Furniture, 1962 pl 64 and a table offered at Sothebys, Bond Street, 22 November 1991, lot 250
This is based on a design in the Thomas Sheraton's, The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, Plate XXXVII where he notes that ....."They are frequently made of satinwood ..."
cf. A similar example in rosewood illustrated in Ralph Fastmedge: Sheraton Furniture, 1962 pl 64 and a table offered at Sothebys, Bond Street, 22 November 1991, lot 250