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A stunning French Mahogany Desk of superior quality
made fro use in a library. It has beautiful matched flame mahogany
veneers all round and the outstanding colour and figuring of these
present this as a very special and expensive desk when it was made
circa 1880.
The writing surface is in three sections, a central
hinged slope with original adjustable support and two side sections.
The central slope was designed for viewing art works, maps or etching
etc. whilst seated at the desk. There are two further pull out writing
slides with matching writing leather. The writing leather is a new
replacement and decorated with blind and gilt tooling.
The writing surface is surrounded by a three inch band
of well figured mahogany with a bull
nosed edge and rounded corners. The frieze has a break front design,
to both front and back, with a long central drawer slightly recessed,
to the front. There are no drawers to the reverse as all drawers to
the top and right pedestal take up the depth of the desk.
All the drawers have flame mahogany matched veneers
with decorative brass escutcheons, brass locks, hand cut dovetails
and oak linings. The top drawer of the right pedestal also has a removable
organizer tray and a lockable inner compartment with its own original
key. The drawers and cupboards are opened with the key of which there
are 2 available. One of these keys is certainly an original.
The left hand pedestal has a cupboard to the reverse
designed for vertical folio storage. The dividers are not there but
the slots are still in place. These can be replaced by a central shelf
is required.
The desk is made in three sections, the top and separate
pedestals, for ease of transportation and installation. The pedestals
are each fitted with 3 drawers to the front and stand on plinth bases
with hidden castors.
This stunning antique mahogany desk is of the highest
quality with great attention to detail and it has been professionally
restored to enhance its original beauty.
This fabulous antique desk would make a real show stopper
in any room and a wonderful focal point of any traditional or contemporary
office or library.
Date: circa 1880
Dimensions:
Width: 60 inches - 153cm
Depth: 34 inches - 86cm
Height: 31.5 inches - 80cm
Height to kneehole: 25 inches - 64cm
Reference Number: SN464
SOLD
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We
offer free delivery for our antique desks and antique writing
tables to Mainland UK addresses and cost effective World Shipping
to your door. As a family run antique furniture
business we pride ourselves in offering a professional and friendly
service to all our customers.
We
strive to offer the best quality antique office furniture at reasonable
prices with a first class personal service. We deliver most of
our antique desks, tables and chairs ourselves and only use professional
antique furniture shippers to deliver our office furniture to
overseas destinations.
Do you wish to sell an Antique Desk, Table or Chair?
If
you have an antique desk, antique writing
table or antique chair that you would
like to sell please ask us for a no obligation quote.
About Burrells Antique Desks:
We are a family antique business
selling English Antique Office Furniture for home, study,
library and office. We specialise in Antique Desks, Antique Writing Tables, Antique Library Tables, Desk Chairs and Library Chairs but
we also sell other Antique Furniture such as bookcases and antique clocks.
We stock antique furniture from most
English Periods; Regency, Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian. Our antique
desks, come in many styles such as Partners Desks, Pedestal Desks, Kidney Shaped Desks, Kneehole Desks, Writers
Desks, Secretary Desks and in wood varieties such as Mahogany, Oak,
Walnut, Burr Walnut and Rosewood.
