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A George III style mahogany oval kneehole desk late 19th/early 20th century
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- brass, leather, mahogany
- height 30 in.; width 72 3/4 in.; depth 48 in.
- 76.2 cm; 184.8 cm; 121.9 cm
the frieze fitted all around with drawers, above a panelled base with incurved kneeholes and ends, all on plinth base.
Catalogue Note
The form of the desk is based off of a design for 'A Library Table' by Thomas Sheraton, found in his The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book, London, 1793, plate 30. An 18th century example from the collection of Lady Anne Tree of Mereworth Castle is illustrated in C. Claxton Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, 1983, p. 113.