Live Auction 10660Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
EDWARD BARNSLEY (1900-1987)
Lot 627

EDWARD BARNSLEY (1900-1987)

A PEDESTAL DESK, 1937

Closed16 September 2015

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GBP 6,000

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EDWARD BARNSLEY (1900-1987)
A PEDESTAL DESK, 1937
Walnut, ebony, with red leather inset top, above three frieze draws and two cupboard doors with fielded panels
32 in. (81 cm.) high, 55 ¾ in. (140 cm.) wide; 28 ¾ in. (71 cm.) deep

Commissioned by Captain J. R. Abbey (1894-1969) in 1937.

Specialist note

Christie's wishes to thank The Edward Barnsley Educational Trust for assistance with researching this lot. The piece is described as a Writing table-Folio cabinet on the design drawing held by the Trust.