Sale 8139
London, South Kensington
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20 January 2013
Price realised
GBP 6,000
Estimate
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEDESTAL PARTNER'S DESK CIRCA 1760 The gilt-tooled green leather top above two short and one long drawer, the reverse with central false drawer, the two pedestals each with three drawers, on plinth bases with self-levelling anti-friction castors, the underside with a red-pink coloured wash, the lock-plate stamped 'Chubbs patent 57 St Pauls Churchyard, London./742010 Chubb & Son, Makers to Her Majesty', handles replaced 31 in. (78.7 cm.) high; 57½ in. (146 cm.) wide; 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) deep
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