Important European Decorative Arts

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Lot 128
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A George III mahogany two-pedestal partners' desk circa 1765

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • leather, brass, mahogany, oak
  • height 33 1/2 in.; width 55 1/4 in.; depth 36 3/4 in.
  • 85.1 cm; 140.3 cm; 93.3 cm
Rectangular top inset with a leather lining with reentrant corners above a conforming frieze fitted to one side with three frieze drawers, the central drawer fitted with a sliding baize surface fitted with a hinged book support, flanked by a deep drawer and a short drawer, opposed by a short drawer and two dummy drawers, above a pair of pedestals each fitted with a paneled door each opening to a bank of three drawers, raised on a plinth.

Provenance

Partridge, London, 1983