RETAILED BY M. WILLSON, CIRCA 1840

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
RETAILED BY M. WILLSON, CIRCA 1840
Panelled to the sides and back, the gilt tooled leather top over nine graduated mahogany-lined drawers with Patent Bramah locks, on castors, the main frieze drawer stamped twice 'M. WILLSON, 68 GREAT QUEEN STREET'
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 62 in. (158 cm.) wide; 31.1/2 in. (80 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The well-regarded Regency furniture retailer Thomas Willson (or Wilson) began trading at this address in 1818. After his death in 1829 the firm was continued by his wife Mary and son Matthew until it folded in 1854.

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