Sale 1204
New York
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5 March 2003
Price realised
USD 1,195
Estimate
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DESK, Stamped HEAL&SON/LONDON, circa 1840, with three freize drawers and a kneehole flanked by a drawer, on turned tapering legs with brass caps and casters 31¼in. (79.5cm.) high, 47¾in. (121.5cm.) wide, 20½in. (52cm.) deep
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Heal & Son were recorded at 196 Tottenham Court Road, London, from 1840-41 primarily as bed frame makers.
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