Lot 118

GEORGE III CHIPPENDALE STYLE MAHOGANY INLAID PEDESTAL DESK
LATE 19TH CENTURY





Auction: Lots 1 - 335 | 04 September at 10am
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Description
the shaped oval top with a black tooled and gilt leather writing insert and outlined with chequer banding, above a centre frieze drawer flanked by oval pedestals with banks of four short graduated drawers with cupboards to the reverse, all outlined with further chequer banding, raised on square tapered legs ending in brass caps and castors
Dimensions
151cm wide, 76.5cm high, 87cm deep; kneehole 59.5cm high
Footnote
Note: The design of this desk is based on a model in the third edition of Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director' of 1762, as plate LXXX.




