Lot 239
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE

MID-19TH CENTURY

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE
MID-19TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular top inlaid with later tooled red leather writing-surface, above two mahogany-lined frieze drawers, on turned tapering legs with brass caps and castors, each drawer stamped 'LAMBETH PALACE'
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 35¾ in. (95 cm.) deep
Provenance
Lambeth Palace, London.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Lambeth Palace has been the historic London residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury since the 13th century. In the 1830s the famous architect Edward Blore (d. 1879) was commisioned to restore and build onto the 'miserably deficient' palace in the gothic style, work which included the restoration of the 15th century Guard Room, featuring a table virtually identical to the present lot.

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