A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MAHOGANY CARLTON HOUSE DESK

CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MAHOGANY CARLTON HOUSE DESK
Circa 1790
The rounded rectangular superstructure with waved gallery and with a brass letter slot to the right side, the sloped ends ending in drawers, enclosing a central compartment flanked by two ranges of three cedar-lined drawers further flanked by compartments above a conforming leather-lined writing surface over three frieze drawers, on straight tapering legs with brass caps and casters, with chequered stringing overall, mounted with lion mask and ring pulls, finished on the reverse
37in. (94cm.) high, 48in. (122cm.) wide, 27in. (68.5cm.) deep

拍品專文

The 'Carlton House' desk is named after an example of this form reputedly commissioned by the Prince of Wales for his use at his London residence, Carlton House (sold Sotheby's London, 25 April 1986, lot 73). The first published design of 'a Gentleman's writing-table' of this form is dated 1792 and appears in George Hepplewhite's The Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, 2nd edn., 1793, pl.21. Thomas Sheraton published a similar design that same year in his The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, pl.60.

This superb example is virtually identical in its elegant size, finely inlaid details and distinctive mounts to another from the estate of Marc Haas, sold in these Rooms, 12-13 October 1995, lot 396 ($90,500).