Lot Essay
The Bramah mark found on these locks was used by the firm between 1798 and 1800.
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CIRCA 1800, WITH ALTERATIONS TO KNEEHOLE
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AN ANGLO-INDIAN BRASS-MOUNTED, BONE-INLAID, EBONIZED, AND AMBOYNA KNEEHOLE DESK
Circa 1800, with alterations to kneehole
The green leather-inset rounded rectangular top with half gallery above a frieze drawer and a kneehole flanked by eight drawers, the ivory line-inlaid drawer fronts bordered by a reeded molding, on a molded platform base and disk feet, all but one lock stamped Bramah beneath a crown, the reverse now grained
30in. (77.5cm.) high, 45in. (115.5cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
Circa 1800, with alterations to kneehole
The green leather-inset rounded rectangular top with half gallery above a frieze drawer and a kneehole flanked by eight drawers, the ivory line-inlaid drawer fronts bordered by a reeded molding, on a molded platform base and disk feet, all but one lock stamped Bramah beneath a crown, the reverse now grained
30in. (77.5cm.) high, 45in. (115.5cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep