Lot 356
EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND NICKEL PLATED CAMPAIGN DESK
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Auction: 14 November 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
in the Art Nouveau style with metamorphic action, the hinged top opening to a rising stationery rack with pocket watch holder, calendar frame and paper clips, above a bank of seven short drawers and writing slide with oxblood leather, over a long frieze drawer with Bramah locks, raised on square straight legs with slightly splayed feet and joined by arched stretchers; bearing an ivorine label 'BEST LONDON MAKE'; together with an oxblood leather blotter
Dimensions
66cm wide, 83cm high, 44cm deep
Footnote
Note: This model of campaign desk shows design influences from the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau periods at the turn of the last century. Examples were retailed by various department stores including Jenners of Edinburgh.