A GEORGE I WALNUT KNEEHOLE DESK

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 40-44)

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A GEORGE I WALNUT KNEEHOLE DESK
Cross and featherbanded overall, the rectangular quarter-veneered caddy-moulded top with re-entrant corners, above a frieze drawer and a kneehole drawer, the recessed kneehole door enclosing a shelf and flanked on each side by three short drawers, on later shaped bracket feet, the handles apparently original
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) wide; 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep

Provenance

Patrick Hastings, Esq., K.C., by 1923.
Bought by the present owner's aunt from Phillips of Hitchin Ltd., 28 June 1954 for £285.

Literature

R. W. Symonds, Old English Walnut and Lacquer Furniture, [foreword by Percival D. Griffiths], London, 1923, p. 154, plate XXXIV (a).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C. (d. 1952) was Attorney-General from 1924 and besides a career as a leading barrister, was the author of several plays such as The River, 1925, Escort, 1942 and The Blind Goddess, 1947.

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