Lot 97
97
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A MID-VICTORIAN BURR-WALNUT KIDNEY-SHAPED DESK with inset gilt-tooled tan leather writing-surface above a central kneehole with panelled back flanked by two tiers of four graduated drawers and a central frieze drawer, with panelled ends and two removable shelves to the reverse on a moulded plinth with brass castors

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A MID-VICTORIAN BURR-WALNUT KIDNEY-SHAPED DESK with inset gilt-tooled tan leather writing-surface above a central kneehole with panelled back flanked by two tiers of four graduated drawers and a central frieze drawer, with panelled ends and two removable shelves to the reverse on a moulded plinth with brass castors
48in. (122cm.) wide; 29in. (73.5cm.) high; 24in. (61cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This model is based on a design by Thomas Sheraton in his Drawing Book, London, 1802, pl.58. It seems to have been used by Gillows of Lancaster from 1840 until circa 1860. Holland and Sons supplied a similar desk in 1868 for (27 10s 0d. (see: R.W.Symonds and B.B.Whineray, Victorian Furniture, London, 1962, p.196, fig.221)

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