Live Auction 5251Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
Lot 179

AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK

RETAILED BY M. WILLSON, CIRCA 1840

Closed1 April 2014

Price Realised

GBP 5,000

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
RETAILED BY M. WILLSON, CIRCA 1840
Panelled to the sides and back, the gilt tooled leather top over nine graduated mahogany-lined drawers with Patent Bramah locks, on castors, the main frieze drawer stamped twice 'M. WILLSON, 68 GREAT QUEEN STREET'
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 62 in. (158 cm.) wide; 31.1/2 in. (80 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The well-regarded Regency furniture retailer Thomas Willson (or Wilson) began trading at this address in 1818. After his death in 1829 the firm was continued by his wife Mary and son Matthew until it folded in 1854.