Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020
Lot 309
A FINE 19TH CENTURY FIDDLEBACK MAHOGANY TWIN PEDESTAL PARTNER'S DESK BY GILLOWS C.1860 the...
Estimate £8,000 - £12,000 | Hammer £11000
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Description
A FINE 19TH CENTURY FIDDLEBACK MAHOGANY TWIN PEDESTAL PARTNER'S DESK BY GILLOWS
C.1860
the rectangular top with a moulded edge and inset with four panels of later gilt tooled green leather, one side with a central hinged slope, with a detachable rest, on a ratchet, the other side of the desk with a full length hinged slide-out slope on a ratchet and with a detachable rest, the front with three mahogany lined frieze drawers, the central drawer stamped 'Gillow', with three further drawers to each pedestal, with hinged Wellington-type locking bars, each with a sliding cover to reveal a key escutcheon, the sides with pull-out slides above twin panels, the back with three frieze drawers, the central one stamped 'Gillow', above a pair of cupboards, each enclosing a shelf, the kneehole with panelled corner brackets, on a plinth base with centrally located castors, with replaced gilt ring handles
81.8cm high, 149cm wide, 94cm deep
Catalogue Note
A design for a desk with the same configuration of hinged writing surfaces and pull-out slides, but with two legs to the front, features in the 'Gillows Estimate Sketch Books', 12th January 1860 pl.6397, City of Westminster Archivevs. It was produced for 'Messrs B & K for Rall Esq. A mahogany writing table.'