Lot Essay
This desk bears the lock manufactured by Edwin Cotterill of Birmingham, whose firm flourished circa 1849-50, when recorded in the Journal of Design vol II, p. 99.
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MID-19TH CENTURY
Details
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
MID-19TH CENTURY
The leather lined writing surface above three frieze drawers, one pedestal with a deep bottom drawer faced with two drawer fronts, the reverse with faux drawers, the lock stamped the lock stamped 'E. COTTERILL'S PATENT CLIMAX DETECTOR'
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 44¾ in. (113.5 cm.) wide; 27½ in. (70 cm.) deep
MID-19TH CENTURY
The leather lined writing surface above three frieze drawers, one pedestal with a deep bottom drawer faced with two drawer fronts, the reverse with faux drawers, the lock stamped the lock stamped 'E. COTTERILL'S PATENT CLIMAX DETECTOR'
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 44¾ in. (113.5 cm.) wide; 27½ in. (70 cm.) deep
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