Details
A George IV mahogany pedestal desk, the top inset with a panel of tooled leather, fitted with three frieze drawers, one pedestal fitted with a deep drawer and three drawers enclosed by a panelled door, the other with a deep drawer and adjustable filing slides enclosed by a panelled door, the reverse with dummy drawer and door features on plinth bases, stamped and numbered Wilkinson & Sons, 14, Ludgate Hill 8279, four of the locks numbered and stamped Turners W. Hampton Patent -- 60in. (152cm.) wide, 29½in. (75cm.) deep, 31in. (79cm.) high.
Further details
William Wilkinson was trading from Ludgate HIl from around 1808 and used this stamp between about 1820 and 1830.
Some of his furniture was given a serial number and those recorded range from 6585 to 19562.
See Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, G Beard and F Gilbert
Some of his furniture was given a serial number and those recorded range from 6585 to 19562.
See Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, G Beard and F Gilbert