Lot Essay
John Turner's name appears in directories betwen 1796-1828 (Gilbert, op. cit, p. 53.
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BY J. TURNER, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
BY J. TURNER, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular gilt-tooled green leather-lined top above three frieze drawers on each side, each pedestal with three graduated drawers on each side, with shaped aprons and on gently splayed feet, one central drawer with maker's label 'J. Turner, UPHOLDER, CABINET-MAKER, APPRAISER & UNDERTAKER, No. 16 Great Titchfield Street, CAVENDISH SQUARE. NB. Great Variety of Paper Hangings.'
31¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high; 61 in. (155 cm.) wide; 39¼ in. (99.5 cm.) deep
BY J. TURNER, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular gilt-tooled green leather-lined top above three frieze drawers on each side, each pedestal with three graduated drawers on each side, with shaped aprons and on gently splayed feet, one central drawer with maker's label 'J. Turner, UPHOLDER, CABINET-MAKER, APPRAISER & UNDERTAKER, No. 16 Great Titchfield Street, CAVENDISH SQUARE. NB. Great Variety of Paper Hangings.'
31¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high; 61 in. (155 cm.) wide; 39¼ in. (99.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 22 March 1979, lot 44.
Literature
C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 456, fig. 921.
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