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LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD PARTNERS' PEDESTAL DESK
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The tooled green leather writing-surface above three frieze drawers and six pedestal drawers to each side, on bracket feet and recessed castors
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide; 37 in. (94 cm.) deep
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The tooled green leather writing-surface above three frieze drawers and six pedestal drawers to each side, on bracket feet and recessed castors
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide; 37 in. (94 cm.) deep
Provenance
According to a signed note from Mr. Hobson:
'This desk belonged to Samuel Leigh Sotheby (d. 1861) and was bequeathed by his widow, Julia Emma Sotheby, to her husband's partner in Sotheby's, Edward Frose Hodge. It was inherited by his son, Tom Hodge, who sold it to my father, Geoffrey Dudley Hobson. I used it in my office in Sotheby's until I left the firm in 1977'.
'This desk belonged to Samuel Leigh Sotheby (d. 1861) and was bequeathed by his widow, Julia Emma Sotheby, to her husband's partner in Sotheby's, Edward Frose Hodge. It was inherited by his son, Tom Hodge, who sold it to my father, Geoffrey Dudley Hobson. I used it in my office in Sotheby's until I left the firm in 1977'.
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