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CIRCA 1850, DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO A. W. N. PUGIN, THE MANUFACTURE ATTRIBUTED TO CRACE & CO
Details
A GOTHIC REVIVAL OAK WRITING TABLE
CIRCA 1850, DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO A. W. N. PUGIN, THE MANUFACTURE ATTRIBUTED TO CRACE & CO
The rectangular top with inset gilt-tooled leather and moulded edge above two frieze drawers with brass drop handles, on rosette and oak-leaf carved supports, joined by a similarly carved stretcher terminating in rosette-carved legs and castors
29 ½ in. (76 cm.) high; 51 in. (130 cm.) wide; 27 ½ in. (69 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1850, DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO A. W. N. PUGIN, THE MANUFACTURE ATTRIBUTED TO CRACE & CO
The rectangular top with inset gilt-tooled leather and moulded edge above two frieze drawers with brass drop handles, on rosette and oak-leaf carved supports, joined by a similarly carved stretcher terminating in rosette-carved legs and castors
29 ½ in. (76 cm.) high; 51 in. (130 cm.) wide; 27 ½ in. (69 cm.) deep
Provenance
According to inscription, Horstead Place.
Probably commissioned by Francis Barchard, for Horstead Place, East Sussex.
Probably commissioned by Francis Barchard, for Horstead Place, East Sussex.
Literature
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 240.
M. Levy, ‘Living with antiques: A collection of Victorian decorative arts’, Antiques, June 2000, pp. 948-955, p. 953, pl. x.
M. Levy, ‘Living with antiques: A collection of Victorian decorative arts’, Antiques, June 2000, pp. 948-955, p. 953, pl. x.
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