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Top Quality Ladies Rosewood Desk
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
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Top Quality Ladies Rosewood Desk

1900 - 1920
Description

Excellent quality deep serpentine fronted rosewood ladies writing table, with ivory and boxwood inlays, freestanding and in excellent original condition.

28" high

36" length

20" depth

Free Delivery To UK Mainland

You are welcome to view this item at our showroom, please phone ahead of visiting.

Please contact us for more images,  Alternatively you are welcome to collect at our large warehouse and showrooms in Derbyshire (20 minutes north of Birmingham). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture and accessories of all types.

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Fernyhough Antiques Ltd has dated this Ladies Rosewood Writing Desk to the 1900s.

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All measurements are taken at the widest points.

Please call 07968450046 for more information on this item.

We recommend that you arrange an appointment to view the items before you buy them. Appointments to view our stock can be arranged by contacting us via email donna.fernyhough@ntlworld.com or you can call 07968450046 (lines open 9am-10pm, 365 days a year)

Appointments can be made 7 days a week, daytime or evening appointments offered subject to availability.

Please take time to visit our website WWW.FERNYHOUGHANTIQUES.CO.UK to view more images and stock, Seven showrooms open for viewing by appointment.

All major credit cards accepted.

If by any chance you find an item not suitable, you will receive a full refund if the item is in the same condition as it left us, minus carriage costs.

Description
Excellent quality deep serpentine fronted rosewood ladies writing table, with ivory and boxwood inlays, freestanding and in excellent original condition.

28" high

36" length

20" depth

Free Delivery To UK Mainland

fig 1. An antique rosewood writing desk featuring floral marquetry inlays, a red leather inset top, three drawers, and slender cabriole legs on brass castors.
fig 1. Top Quality Ladies Rosewood Desk

You are welcome to view this item at our showroom, please phone ahead of visiting.

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Please contact us for more images,  Alternatively you are welcome to collect at our large warehouse and showrooms in Derbyshire (20 minutes north of Birmingham).
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture and accessories of all types.

Date of Manufacture

Fernyhough Antiques Ltd has dated this Ladies Rosewood Writing Desk to the 1900s.

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Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
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Seven showrooms of excellent quality antiques and decorative items.

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Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Telephone 07968 45 00 46
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Unit 5
The Elms Business Park
Appleby Magna
Derbyshire
DE12 7AP
United Kingdom
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An antique rosewood writing desk featuring floral marquetry inlays, a red leather inset top, three drawers, and slender cabriole legs on brass castors.
Top Quality Ladies Rosewood Desk
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A ladies rosewood writing desk is a refined, compact writing table popular during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Designed primarily for personal correspondence, these desks feature slender proportions, intricate marquetry or floral inlays, and integrated leather writing surfaces.

These desks were crafted using a solid hardwood framework veneered with rosewood or kingwood. Construction techniques include hand-cut dovetail drawer joints, gilt-tooled leather inserts, marquetry inlay using contrasting light woods, and cast brass hardware or castors.

Authentic pieces exhibit signs of period craftsmanship, such as uneven thickness in hand-cut veneers, hand-planed drawer bases, and natural age-related shrinkage lines. Look for subtle variations in the wood grain and original hand-tooled leather work around the desk top border.

Place the desk against a neutral wall in a living room, bedroom alcove, or hallway to highlight its detailed marquetry. Pair it with a contemporary minimalist chair or subtle accent lamp to bridge traditional and modern aesthetics.

Clean the timber surfaces periodically using a high-grade beeswax polish applied along the direction of the grain. Keep the leather insert hydrated with a specialist leather conditioner, and position the desk away from direct sunlight and central heating sources to prevent veneer lifting.
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