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IN THE EMPIRE STYLE, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A French gilt metal-mounted mahogany pedestal desk
In the Empire style, late 19th early 20th Century
The rectangular top, inset with a red leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers, the lock plates with trails of berried leaves, red leather-lined slides to the sides, each pedestal fitted with three drawers and flanked by turned columns with engine-turned capitals, on stepped plinth base
76cm. high x 145cm. wide x 85cm. deep
In the Empire style, late 19th early 20th Century
The rectangular top, inset with a red leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers, the lock plates with trails of berried leaves, red leather-lined slides to the sides, each pedestal fitted with three drawers and flanked by turned columns with engine-turned capitals, on stepped plinth base
76cm. high x 145cm. wide x 85cm. deep