Sale 7148
London, South Kensington
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13 March 1996
Price realised
GBP 862
Estimate
An Edwardian line-inlaid mahogany writing desk the raised superstructure with three-quarter pierced gallery and three drawers above a leather-lined writing surface and three drawers about an arched kneehole, on square tapering legs, stamped Maple & Co. Ltd. -- 47in. (119cm.) wide See Illustration
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