A large mahogany partner's desk, of recent manufacture, a good copy of the desk supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, in 1767
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A large mahogany partner's desk, of recent manufacture, a good copy of the desk supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, in 1767
The rectangular top with inset tooled leather skiver raised on a pair of pedestals, each with a cupboard door at either end, carved to the frieze with garlands of husks and with applied oval panel mouldings, and with integral tapering scroll-headed and paterae-carved pilasters centred by lion masks and with lion's paw terminals, enclosing various drawers and shelves, the pedestals flanking arched frieze drawers above kneeholes, the ends with conforming decoration, 205cm wide x 123cm deep x 79.5cm high, (80.5" wide x 48" deep x 31" high)
Sold for £6,000 inc. premium

Category: Furniture

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