An inlaid mahogany Shapland & Peter writing desk, the raised back with three quarter gallery above leaded glass panel and green-baized writing surface above a bowed frieze drawer flanked by inlaid poppy seadheads on twin tressle supports joined by stretchers, the locks stamped S & P -- 42½in. (108cm.) wide.

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An inlaid mahogany Shapland & Peter writing desk, the raised back with three quarter gallery above leaded glass panel and green-baized writing surface above a bowed frieze drawer flanked by inlaid poppy seadheads on twin tressle supports joined by stretchers, the locks stamped S & P -- 42½in. (108cm.) wide.
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Cf. Elizabeth Aslin, 19th Century English Furniture, London, 1962, plate 132, similar example illustrated.

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