A George III Mahogany Pedestal Desk
English, circa 1765
Width: 58" 146 cm
Depth: 36" 90 cm
Height: 30" 77 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, London
Literature
Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978,vol II, page 56, fig87
A George III Chippendale period Mahogany partners desk, the sectioned leather lined top, with two ratchet reading rests above a finely carved frieze. Each pedestal with carrying handles and three graduated drawers to both sides, all retaining their original brass swan neck handles