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CIRCA 1800
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A LATE GEORGE III GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT PEDESTAL DESK
Circa 1800
The serpentine top with ivory leather-lined writing surface above a central frieze drawer and kneehole flanked to each side by four graduated short drawers reversing to sham drawers, the angles with acanthus-headed reeded uprights, the sides with pull-out writing slides above oak leaf wreaths enclosing lion's heads, on a conforming plinth base, with painted accession number in red ink '70.9.233', one range of sham drawers to reverse, formerly fittee, redecorated with traces of original decoration
30in. (76cm.) high, 60in. (152.5cm.) wide, 29in. (75cm.) deep
Circa 1800
The serpentine top with ivory leather-lined writing surface above a central frieze drawer and kneehole flanked to each side by four graduated short drawers reversing to sham drawers, the angles with acanthus-headed reeded uprights, the sides with pull-out writing slides above oak leaf wreaths enclosing lion's heads, on a conforming plinth base, with painted accession number in red ink '70.9.233', one range of sham drawers to reverse, formerly fittee, redecorated with traces of original decoration
30in. (76cm.) high, 60in. (152.5cm.) wide, 29in. (75cm.) deep