Lot 121
121
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE II FIGURED WALNUT ADMIRAL'S KNEEHOLE DESK, featherbanded overall, the hinged upper section with two tiers of fielded slide-covered pigeon-holes folding over three tiers of variously-sized mahogany-lined drawers flanked by pigeon-holes, above a sliding writing-surface, the lower section with central blind arched drawer above a kneehole with a door enclosing three drawers, flanked to each side by a tall door, one with folio-drawers, the other enclosing three doors, the sides with carrying-handles, the back veneered, on later shaped bracket feet

Details
A GEORGE II FIGURED WALNUT ADMIRAL'S KNEEHOLE DESK, featherbanded overall, the hinged upper section with two tiers of fielded slide-covered pigeon-holes folding over three tiers of variously-sized mahogany-lined drawers flanked by pigeon-holes, above a sliding writing-surface, the lower section with central blind arched drawer above a kneehole with a door enclosing three drawers, flanked to each side by a tall door, one with folio-drawers, the other enclosing three doors, the sides with carrying-handles, the back veneered, on later shaped bracket feet
43in.(109cm.)wide; 41½in.(105cm.)high; 28in.(71cm.) deep
Provenance
William Dickson, Admiral of the Blue, in the mid-18th Century
His son Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, 2nd Bt., (b.1772)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Lot Essay

A family tradition suggests that Admiral William Dickson used this desk on board ship.
Very similar desks were sold from the Walter P. Chrysler collection at Parke Bernet, New York, 29 April 1960, lot 143 and also anonymously at Christie's, New York, 28 March 1981, lot 208

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