LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A NORTH ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT AND MARQUETRY ESCRITOIRE
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Crossbanded and inlaid throughout with flowers and foliate panels, the rectangular top above a drawer and fall front depicting figures in an arcade and enclosing a fitted interior enclosing seven drawers and an arcaded, mirrored recess, the writing surface centred by a standing figure flanked by split column pilasters and with doors below enclosing a shelf, the sides with medallions of classical statuary, on square section legs
59½ in. (151 cm.) high; 35 in. (89 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (49 cm.) deep
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Crossbanded and inlaid throughout with flowers and foliate panels, the rectangular top above a drawer and fall front depicting figures in an arcade and enclosing a fitted interior enclosing seven drawers and an arcaded, mirrored recess, the writing surface centred by a standing figure flanked by split column pilasters and with doors below enclosing a shelf, the sides with medallions of classical statuary, on square section legs
59½ in. (151 cm.) high; 35 in. (89 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (49 cm.) deep
Literature
Inventory and Valuation of the contents of Newton Hall, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, The Property of Brigadier General B. F. Widdrington, C.M.G., D.S.O., 1925, p. 2.
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