A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE

Ronald Phillips Ltd

Date 1790

Period 1750-1850, 18th century

Origin England

Medium Mahogany, Brass, marble base

Dimension 118.5 x 138 x 72.5 cm (46⁵/₈ x 54³/₈ x 28¹/₂ inches)

An unusual late 18th century mahogany 'Carlton House' writing table, the pierced brass galleried superstructure with central reeded tambour doors enclosing a single shelf and marble base flanked on either side by two banks of four graduated drawers with Bramah locks, the mahogany crossbanded writing surface above one long drawer and four short drawers; on circular tapering reeded legs terminating in brass castors.

Date: 1790

Period: 1750-1850, 18th century

Origin: England

Medium: Mahogany, Brass, marble base

Dimension: 118.5 x 138 x 72.5 cm (46⁵/₈ x 54³/₈ x 28¹/₂ inches)

Provenance: With Norman Adams, London, 1951.
Private Collection, USA.

Literature: Illustrated: ‘The Connoisseur', October 1952. C. Claxton-Stevens & S. Whittington, '18th Century Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection' London, p. 142.

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