Description
An Empire rosewood and ormolu mounted desk, with a cartonnier having four drawers above a panelled top with pull-out drawer on a brass cogged wheel mechanism, with a hinged fall and gilt tooled leather inset a central recess and two drawers above three drawers, the top right drawer citrus wood lined with a lift-out four division tray and a lockable slide, to acanthus capped fluted columns, to a plinth base, flanking a pair of cupboard doors, the top of middle section stencilled 'LESAGE & GRANDVOINNET, Rue de la Chaussee-d'Antin, No:11, Paris' 44in (112cm) h, 66in (167cm) w, 34.25in (87cm). Provenance: Little Manor, Essendon, Hatfield when Admiral Clement Franklin inherited and transferred to his house: Red House, Curdridge Hampshire and James Robertson Justice.
