THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE, with rounded rectangular top and hinged sliding red-leather-lined central section, the panelled frieze with two mahogany-lined drawers to each end, the corners applied with paterae, on channelled downswept supports with acanthus terminals joined by a turned stretcher, carved with lotus leaves on scroll feet, now lacking reading ledge, minor loss of moulding, the locks stamped GR below a crown
Details
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE, with rounded rectangular top and hinged sliding red-leather-lined central section, the panelled frieze with two mahogany-lined drawers to each end, the corners applied with paterae, on channelled downswept supports with acanthus terminals joined by a turned stretcher, carved with lotus leaves on scroll feet, now lacking reading ledge, minor loss of moulding, the locks stamped GR below a crown
61in. (155cm.) wide; 29½in. (75cm.) high; 36¼in. (92cm.) deep
61in. (155cm.) wide; 29½in. (75cm.) high; 36¼in. (92cm.) deep
Provenance
Prebendary S. Dugdale, Aston Hall, Aston on Clun, Salop and thence by descent