[DESK WRITING PAD.] Victorian red velvet with central stone medallion, 330 x 230 mm, front cover with elaborate pierced and engraved brass border, a central brass oval medallion enclosing a mosaic petra dura style floral plaque in inlaid and polished stone, moiré silk linings. Provenance: purchased from the Chiswick Book Shop, 19 September 1960.