A RUSSIAN BRASS-INLAID AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ARCHITECT'S DESK
A RUSSIAN BRASS-INLAID AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ARCHITECT'S DESK

LATE 18TH CENTURY, PARTIALLY RE-MOUNTED

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A RUSSIAN BRASS-INLAID AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ARCHITECT'S DESK
LATE 18TH CENTURY, PARTIALLY RE-MOUNTED
The leather-lined ratcheted top above a conforming case with pull-out leather-lined writing slides to each end, set (above a frieze drawer) with leather-lined writing surface enclosing a compartment with further fitted compartments for writing fitments, the border to top later and the legs possibly originally plain, mahogany surround to top re-veneered
31 in. (79 cm.) high, 35¾ in. (90.5 cm.) wide, 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

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