A LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1846, THE CRAFTSMAN B. SHARPLES
Panelled to the back and sides, the moulded rectangular top with inset gilt-tooled leather writing surface above three frieze drawers, and three further graduated drawers to each side of the kneehole, with lockable hinged stiles, the reverse with false frieze drawers, and two doors, each enclosing a shelf, stamped GILLOWS. LANCASTER, the locks stamped J.D.B & CO. LD / LONDON / IMPROVED LEVER, the central frieze drawer inscribed in pencil B. Sharples / September 1846 and indistinctly further inscribed beneath
29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 65 ¾ in. (167 cm.) wide; 37 ½ in. (95 cm.) deep
A LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PEDESTAL DESK
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1846, THE CRAFTSMAN B. SHARPLES
Panelled to the back and sides, the moulded rectangular top with inset gilt-tooled leather writing surface above three frieze drawers, and three further graduated drawers to each side of the kneehole, with lockable hinged stiles, the reverse with false frieze drawers, and two doors, each enclosing a shelf, stamped GILLOWS. LANCASTER, the locks stamped J.D.B & CO. LD / LONDON / IMPROVED LEVER, the central frieze drawer inscribed in pencil B. Sharples / September 1846 and indistinctly further inscribed beneath
29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 65 ¾ in. (167 cm.) wide; 37 ½ in. (95 cm.) deep
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