Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

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Property from an Irish Private Collection

A George III boxwood-strung mahogany kidney-shaped writing table, late 18th century

Lot Closed

May 24, 02:24 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Irish Private Collection

A George III boxwood-strung mahogany kidney-shaped writing table, late 18th century


the shaped top with three-quarter gallery and later gilt-tooled brown leather-lined writing surface above a mahogany-lined fitted frieze drawer with leather-lined writing slope and flanked to each side by mahogany-lined drawers, on square tapering legs with brass cappings and castors


82cm. high, 118cm. wide, 67cm. deep;

2ft. 8 ¼ in., 3ft. 10 ½ in., 2ft. 2 ½ in.

Acquired from Norman Adams Ltd., 1982;
Christie's, London, 50 Years of Collecting: Decorative Arts of Georgian England, 14 May 2003, lot 122 (£20,315 with premium).