Sale 8086
London, South Kensington
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29 July 1998
Price realised
GBP 1,610
Estimate
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND LINE-INLAID PEDESTAL DESK THE RAISED BACK WITH TWO SHAPED HINGED ENDS LIFTING TO REVEAL LETTER-RACKS AND PEN SLIDES, WITH THREE QUARTER BRASS BALUSTRADED GALLERIES, CENTRED BY A SHAPED SHELF AND MIRRORED BACK ABOVE A LEATHER-LINED WRITING SURFACE AND CENTRAL FRIEZE DRAWER, FLANKED TO EITHER SIDE BY THREE GRADUATED BOWED DRAWERS, ON SQUARE TAPERING LEGS WITH SPADE FEET -- 54IN. (137CM) WIDE SEE ILLUSTRATION
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Fewer than 30 of these horseshoe-back armchairs are known to exist. This one comes to auction on 13 September in New York
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