AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH BURR WALNUT DAVENPORT

AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH BURR WALNUT DAVENPORT

BY WILLIAM DEANS, C.1837-40

the sliding top with a pierced gallery and hinged writing slope revealing a satinwood lined interior with four pigeonholes, with a pull-out slide to each side, and with four graduated cedar lined drawers on bun feet and brass castors, the top drawer with a printed paper trade label inscribed 'William Deans, Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer and Undertaker, Melrose'

93.5cm high, 48.5cm wide, 62cm deep

Provenance

The contents of The Grange, Wendover.

Catalogue Note

William Deans is listed in Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory as having premises in Market Place, Melrose in 1837. William Deans may have served an apprenticeship with James Mein of Kelso, an adjacent town less than 15 miles from Melrose. The quality of the construction and timbers can be compared with the work of Mein and interestingly their trade labels are similar.