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A LARGE WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY PARTNER'S WRITING TABLE
Lot 304

A LARGE WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY PARTNER'S WRITING TABLE

STAMPED W. PRIEST, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed11 June 2013

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GBP 8,750

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A LARGE WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY PARTNER'S WRITING TABLE
STAMPED W. PRIEST, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With green leather top and three drawers to each long side, one drawer stamped W. PRIEST 1 & 2 TUDOR ST BLACKFRIARS
31½ in. (80 cm.) high; 84 in. (213 cm.) wide; 51 in. (129.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

William Priest was a dealer and retailer of good quality library furniture (both new and second-hand) from various addresses in Blackfriars between 1837 and about 1850. A related writing table is illustrated in C. Gilbert, The Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, p. 380.