A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK,

CIRCA 1840,

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A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK,
circa 1840,
with a molded rectangular top with a tooled leather-inset writing surface above three frieze drawers supported by two pedestals, each fitted with three drawers on a plinth base and brass casters, the central frieze drawer with a 19th century retailer's stamp "W. Priest 17 and 24 Water Street Blackfriars"
30½in. (77.5cm.) high, 60in. (152.5cm.) wide, 35½in. (90cm.) deep

Lot Essay

W. Priest is recorded at 23 Great Charlotte Street and 17 and 24 Water St, Blackfriars between 1837-1839. Much of the furniture marked dates from c. 1790 to the mid-Victorian period, indicating that Priest was most likely a dealer or retailer (The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 717).

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