A LARGE EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
A LARGE EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK

PROBABLY AMERICAN, CIRCA 1900

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A LARGE EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
Probably American, Circa 1900
The top with tooled black leather writing surface with inset inkwell, above an anthemion-mounted frieze drawer, flanked to each side by a further drawer hung with laurel festoons, above a panelled cupboard door centred by a griffin, the interiors fitted with four drawers, the reverse of similar form with panelled central section, the sides each with two panels centred by a spread-winged swan, the projecting angles each headed by a lion mask above a tapering pilaster mounted with a female bust, on plinth base
30½in. (77.5cm.) high; 89½in. (227.3cm.) wide; 44¾in. (113.5cm.) deep