An interesting Aesthetic Movement red walnut writing desk the design attributed to Thomas Jeckyll

An interesting Aesthetic Movement red walnut writing desk the design attributed to Thomas Jeckyll, rectangular section, two banks of graduated drawers, with a border of spindles and a foliate moulding, subtle flaring legs on castors, with brass furniture, 131 x 68cm, 76cm. high

Literature

Susan Soros Thomas Jeckyll Architect and Designer 1827-1881, DGC/Yale, page 188 figure 5-51 for a comparable desk in walnut for 1 Holland Park.

Catalogue notes

There are several examples of furniture designed by Jeckyll to be made in walnut, comparable to this example, the most important being for 1 Holland Park, London for Alexander Ionides in 1875.