拍品 61
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A REGENCY MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE
A REGENCY MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE

STAMPED W. PRIEST/1&2 TUDOR ST/BLACKFRIARS, THE TOP EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE LATER

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE
Stamped W. PRIEST/1&2 TUDOR ST/BLACKFRIARS, the top early 18th century, the base later
The rounded rectangular top with gilt Greek-key tooled leather-inset and molded edge above an apron with three short drawers to each side, the wasted trestle supports joined by a cross-bar on panelled splayed legs and brass lion paw feet and casters, with a label with ink inscription 2041/G.., originally with four legs to the corners and now with later trestle base, the brasses replaced
29in. (74cm.) high, 72¼in. (183cm.) wide, 47½in. (120cm.) deep

拍品專文

W. Priest is well known as an auctioneer, appraiser and retailer (active 1837-1840) whose trade label appears on furniture dating from the late 18th Century through the mid-Victorian era. Labels with the Tudor Street address describe his business as a 'Furniture Warehouse', suggesting that Priest sold furniture secondhand. It has been suggested that he is likely to have specialized in office and library furniture (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture: 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp. 45-46).