Lot 99
99
AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD WRITING-TABLE, the later red leather-lined rectangular mahogany top above a pair of mahogany-lined frieze drawers and on turned tapering legs and brass caps, branded VR BP NO 248 1866 and stamped twice PAVILION and with paper label with monogram of King George V inscribed in ink Buckingham Palace Room 57

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD WRITING-TABLE, the later red leather-lined rectangular mahogany top above a pair of mahogany-lined frieze drawers and on turned tapering legs and brass caps, branded VR BP NO 248 1866 and stamped twice PAVILION and with paper label with monogram of King George V inscribed in ink Buckingham Palace Room 57
50in. (127cm.) wide; 28¾in. (78cm.) high; 23¼in. (59cm.) deep
Provenance
Supplied to Queen Victoria, probably for the Garden Pavilion at Buckingham Palace, completed circa 1844

Lot Essay

The 1866 brand refers to the inventory of Buckingham Palace taken in that year by Holland and Sons, one of the largest London cabinet-making firms

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