28th Apr, 2022 11:00

Style & Taste: Fine Furniture & Works of Art

 
  Lot 848
 

A VICTORIAN WALNUT KIDNEY SHAPED WRITING DESK

VICTORIAN WALNUT KIDNEY SHAPED WRITING DESK,
with raised gallery and gilt tooled green leather skivver, two short drawers to apron and raised on turned and stretchered column supports to four knee carved outswept legs, 95cm high by 113cm wide and 60cm deep

 

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Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500


Condition Report
Two repair patches to upper gallery level, differences in colour of veneer, scratches and scuffs to writing surface with lifting to some corners, historic worm to right support lower section, left support with large chip and crack running three quarters around central section, similar to stretcher right end, somewhat loose in construction with movement to frame, usual general scuffs, scrapes and blemishes commensurate with age and use throughout, additional images available

 
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