Live Auction 7611Furniture, Sculpture and Carpets
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE
Lot 239

AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE

MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed11 September 2008

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GBP 4,375

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WRITING-TABLE
MID-19TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular top inlaid with later tooled red leather writing-surface, above two mahogany-lined frieze drawers, on turned tapering legs with brass caps and castors, each drawer stamped 'LAMBETH PALACE'
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 35¾ in. (95 cm.) deep

Lambeth Palace, London.

Specialist note

Lambeth Palace has been the historic London residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury since the 13th century. In the 1830s the famous architect Edward Blore (d. 1879) was commisioned to restore and build onto the 'miserably deficient' palace in the gothic style, work which included the restoration of the 15th century Guard Room, featuring a table virtually identical to the present lot.