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AN EARLY VICTORIAN BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE WRITING-TABLE
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE WRITING-TABLE

BY JOHNSTONE JEANES & CO., CIRCA 1845

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE WRITING-TABLE
BY JOHNSTONE JEANES & CO., CIRCA 1845
The rectangular moulded top with red leather-lined writing-surface above two mahogany-lined drawers with convex quarter-fillets, on reeded bulb-headed fluted tapering legs and toupie feet with brass caps and castors, one drawer stamped 'JOHNSTONE JEANES & CO 67 NEW BOND ST LONDON', the castors stamped 'COPE & COLLINSON PATENT STRONG', the handles original, the back edge of the top with slots for a removable gallery
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) wide; 23¾ in. (60.5 cm.) deep
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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 celebrated Bond Street firm of Messrs. Johnstone and Jeanes were noted in the Art Journal's illustrated catalogue of the London 1862 Exhibition as having been established for upwards of a century: 'its renown has been obtained not only by a good and substantial manufacture, but by continual study to introduce Art into all their works'.