18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI SIX-DRAWER PARTNERS' PEDESTAL DESK
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with three fielded panel frieze drawers on each side, supported on a pair of pedestals with legs of square section terminating in scroll feet, each pedestal with a single door on either side and with a low open 'cracked ice' trelliswork stretcher; together with a later hardwood square footrest with similar openwork design
34¾ in. (88.3 cm.) high, 72 in. (182.8 cm.) wide, 34 in. (86.4 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Purchased from Ambassador N.A.J. de Voogd, Tokyo, Japan, 1964.

Lot Essay

A very similar example, dated to the early 18th century, is illustrated in R.H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, New York, 1974, p. 226, fig. 139, while another desk illustrated ibid., also dated to the 18th century, has comparable panels.

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