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Lot Essay
The Memorandum is surprisingly unspecific about the exact division of furniture between the two libraries. Apart from this desk the furniture included a 'buhl' drum library table en suite. The table is visible in early photographs and had a purple leather top to match the desk and the purple silk in all the library doors. 'Two handsome rosewood reding tables' almost certainly included lot 20; '4 Good Easy chairs' included lot 55, and the odd chairs around the rooms were lot 160.
All the available trellis-filled panels were backed with purple silk. The effect of this must have been extremely powerful with such an expanse of silk in both bookcases and the desk.
The exact connection with lot 22 is hard to judge as the folio-cabinet is not included in the Memorandum. This desk is fitted with slides for folios, as is lot 22, so it is assumed that Lord Bolton simply needed more space and ordered lot 22 a little later from Gillows.
All the available trellis-filled panels were backed with purple silk. The effect of this must have been extremely powerful with such an expanse of silk in both bookcases and the desk.
The exact connection with lot 22 is hard to judge as the folio-cabinet is not included in the Memorandum. This desk is fitted with slides for folios, as is lot 22, so it is assumed that Lord Bolton simply needed more space and ordered lot 22 a little later from Gillows.