Details
A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT ESCRITOIRE
Feather-banded to the front, the moulded rectangular cornice above a cushion frieze-drawer and a fall-front enclosing a fitted interior of eleven variously-sized small drawers, nine pigeon-holes, three secret drawers and a hinged door enclosing four further small drawers, the flap with a green baize-lined ratcheted writing-surface, the lower section with two short and two graduated long drawers, on later bun feet, restorations, the lower section with later back
42½ in. (108 cm.) wide; 54 in. (162.5 cm.) high; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep
Feather-banded to the front, the moulded rectangular cornice above a cushion frieze-drawer and a fall-front enclosing a fitted interior of eleven variously-sized small drawers, nine pigeon-holes, three secret drawers and a hinged door enclosing four further small drawers, the flap with a green baize-lined ratcheted writing-surface, the lower section with two short and two graduated long drawers, on later bun feet, restorations, the lower section with later back
42½ in. (108 cm.) wide; 54 in. (162.5 cm.) high; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 25 October 1990, lot 133.
Sale room notice
The height of the escritoire is 64 in. (162.5 cm.) and not as stated in the catalogue.