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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD WRITING DESK
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With shaped upper section containing central fall front flanked by two drawers, with adjustable velvet-lined slide, the leather-inset writing surface with concaved center over a long drawer flanked by four small drawers on circular tapering fluted legs joined by a curved stretcher on brass feet and casters - 37in. (94cm.) high, 29½in. (75cm.) wide
PROVENANCE
Sold in these Rooms, 14 October 1989, lot 93
This table relates to a design, dated 1792, for a 'Lady's Writing Table' in Thomas Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1791-1794, p. XXXVII.
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With shaped upper section containing central fall front flanked by two drawers, with adjustable velvet-lined slide, the leather-inset writing surface with concaved center over a long drawer flanked by four small drawers on circular tapering fluted legs joined by a curved stretcher on brass feet and casters - 37in. (94cm.) high, 29½in. (75cm.) wide
PROVENANCE
Sold in these Rooms, 14 October 1989, lot 93
This table relates to a design, dated 1792, for a 'Lady's Writing Table' in Thomas Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1791-1794, p. XXXVII.