A George III mahogany architect's pedestal desk

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A George III mahogany architect's pedestal desk
Attributed to Gillows, the later rectangular hinged top above a fitted drawer with leather-lined slide and six wells, each with a hinged lid inlaid with a lettered medallion, with kneehole flanked on each side by three drawers, the reverse with two simulated long drawers above a pair of simulated doors, on a plinth base, lacking the ratchet to the top, restorations, the top warped
49in. (124.5cm.) wide, 37in. (94cm.) high, 24in. (61.5cm.) deep

拍品专文

The design of the secretaire-drawer is very similar to that on a number of stamped Gillows pedestal desks. It relates to a pattern, with double ratchet-supported top and 'turn
down' front with quadrant supports, featured in Gillows' 1798
Estimate Sketch Book (p. 1481).