A MID-VICTORIAN FIGURED WALNUT DAVENPORT DESK by G.J.R. Rudd, the superstructure with coffered top above a pair of double mirror-glazed doors enclosing two drawers and two pigeon-holes, with hinged leather-lined slope enclosing two further drawers, the right side with four mahgoany-lined drawers, the left side with four simulated drawers, on platform base with later castors, stencilled twice G.J.R. RUDD UPHOLSTERER, /CABINET & VENETIAN BLIND MANUFACTURER ST. CATHERINE'S PLAIN./NORWICH

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A MID-VICTORIAN FIGURED WALNUT DAVENPORT DESK by G.J.R. Rudd, the superstructure with coffered top above a pair of double mirror-glazed doors enclosing two drawers and two pigeon-holes, with hinged leather-lined slope enclosing two further drawers, the right side with four mahgoany-lined drawers, the left side with four simulated drawers, on platform base with later castors, stencilled twice G.J.R. RUDD UPHOLSTERER, /CABINET & VENETIAN BLIND MANUFACTURER ST. CATHERINE'S PLAIN./NORWICH
21IN. (53.5CM.) WIDE; 33½IN. (90CM.) HIGH; 21½IN. (55CM.) DEEP

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SIX CABINET-MAKERS CALLED RUDD ARE RECORDED IN NORWICH IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY. G.J.R.RUDD WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY CONNECTED TO ONE OR MORE OF THESE (SEE: G.BEARD AND C.GILBERT, EDS., THE DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE MAKERS, LEEDS, 1986, P.770)

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