A MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
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A MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK

OF CHIPPENDALE STYLE, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
OF CHIPPENDALE STYLE, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With serpentine rectangular green leather-lined top above three frieze drawers and a kneehole flanked on each side by three drawers, with cluster-column uprights, the reverse with three frieze drawers above two panelled cupboards, on a plinth base with concealed castors, the hinges stamped 'HORNE PATENT', the handles original
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 66 in. (167.5 cm.) wide; 44½ in. (113 cm.) deep
來源
Sir Joshua Rowley, Bt., Tendring Hall, Suffolk.
Bought by the present owner in the early 1960s through Denys Wrey.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

The pattern of serpentine writing table may be derived from designs published by Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779) in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Makers Director, 1763, plates LVI [56] & LVIII [58].