Lot 160
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A MID-VICTORIAN MAHOGANY KNEEHOLE LIBRARY DESK of George II style with rounded rectangular green leather-lined top above a long mahogany-lined fitted frieze drawer with green leather-lined slide, above a rectangular kneehole flanked to each side by three mahogany-lined drawers, the reverse with a long simulated drawer above three long mahogany-lined drawers, the breakfront corners with tapering fluted volute-scrolls headed by acanthus and lion-mask and giltmetal ring-handles, the panelled sides with flowerhead angles and foliate handles, the locks stamped HOBBS/LONDON/MACHINE/MADE/LEVER, the castors stamped COPE'S PATENT,

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A MID-VICTORIAN MAHOGANY KNEEHOLE LIBRARY DESK of George II style with rounded rectangular green leather-lined top above a long mahogany-lined fitted frieze drawer with green leather-lined slide, above a rectangular kneehole flanked to each side by three mahogany-lined drawers, the reverse with a long simulated drawer above three long mahogany-lined drawers, the breakfront corners with tapering fluted volute-scrolls headed by acanthus and lion-mask and giltmetal ring-handles, the panelled sides with flowerhead angles and foliate handles, the locks stamped HOBBS/LONDON/MACHINE/MADE/LEVER, the castors stamped COPE'S PATENT,
56¾in. (144cm.) wide; 30½in. (77.5cm.) high; 37½in. (95.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A desk of exactly the same design, detail and proportion, but made of oak, was sold by H.J. Joel, Esq., Childwick Bury, Hertfordshire, Christie's house sale, 15 May 1978, lot 93

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