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MID-18TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
Details
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY KNEEHOLE DESK
MID-18TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
Rectangular, fitted with a frieze drawer, over recessed cupboard door, flanked on either side with three graduated drawers with rocaille gilt-lacquer brasses, on bracket feet, together with a later copy, the kneehole fitted for a speaker
31½ in. (80 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide, 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep (2)
MID-18TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
Rectangular, fitted with a frieze drawer, over recessed cupboard door, flanked on either side with three graduated drawers with rocaille gilt-lacquer brasses, on bracket feet, together with a later copy, the kneehole fitted for a speaker
31½ in. (80 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide, 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
J. Martin, Tubs Hill, Sevenoaks.
Purchased from the above by H.M. Lee, Kingston-on-Thames on 24 August 1931.
Acquired from H.M. Lee, Kingston-on-Thames, for £84 and shipped in March 1932 (listed by Frances Elkins on 28 March).
Purchased from the above by H.M. Lee, Kingston-on-Thames on 24 August 1931.
Acquired from H.M. Lee, Kingston-on-Thames, for £84 and shipped in March 1932 (listed by Frances Elkins on 28 March).
Literature
A. O. Patterson, 'On the High Bluffs of Lake Forest near Chicago', Town and Country, 15 January 1934, pp. 23.
D. Kowalski, 'Symmetry and Splendor: David Adler sets the stage for gracious living', Architectural Digest, April 2001, p. 283.
S. M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 136.
M. Thorne, ed., David Adler Architect: The Elements of Style, 2002, 206.
D. Kowalski, 'Symmetry and Splendor: David Adler sets the stage for gracious living', Architectural Digest, April 2001, p. 283.
S. M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 136.
M. Thorne, ed., David Adler Architect: The Elements of Style, 2002, 206.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.