HIS WRITING DESK, 193Os

F.A. HAYEK

AN ENGLISH TEAK DESK, IN THE MANNER OF BETTY JOEL, CIRCA 1935

the pedestal with five ash lined drawers, the handle of each with integral keyhole, and with an unusual curved footrest

76cm. high, 124cm. wide, 62cm. deep

As with the previous lot, this desk was probably bought by Hayek in the 1930s when he was working at the LSE. He lived during this period in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Several of his colleagues lived nearby and the area was popular with the many European intellectuals who had fled to London from the Nazis.

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