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Beautiful Victorian Rosewood Travelling Writing Slope.
The Dorking Desk Shop
for sale €257     $279
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Beautiful Victorian Rosewood Travelling Writing Slope.

1900 - 1920
Description

Beautiful Victorian rosewood travelling writing slope. With fine quality brass and mother of pearl inlay to the top and front, ink/powder jar  and with a working lock and key.

Size 16 x 9 x 5 inches tall (41 x 23 x 14 cm tall)

Price £220

Stock no. 5533

Physical Dimensions
Height
14cm (5.51")
Width
41cm (16.14")
Depth
23cm (9.06")
Declaration

The Dorking Desk Shop has dated this Victorian Rosewood Writing Slope to the 1900s.

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SA1067649
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5533
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Description
Beautiful Victorian rosewood travelling writing slope.
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With fine quality brass and mother of pearl inlay to the top and front, ink/powder jar  and with a working lock and key.
The Dorking Desk Shop

Size 16 x 9 x 5 inches tall (41 x 23 x 14 cm tall)

Price £220

Stock no. 5533

Height
14cm (5.51")
Width
41cm (16.14")
Depth
23cm (9.06")
Date of Manufacture

The Dorking Desk Shop has dated this Victorian Rosewood Writing Slope to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1067649
Dealers Internal Ref
5533
The Dorking Desk Shop
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2011
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A rectangular Victorian rosewood writing slope featuring a figured grain finish with a central foliate inlay on the lid and an inlaid escutcheon on the front.
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Archive I A rectangular Victorian rosewood writing slope featuring a figured grain finish with a central foliate inlay on the lid and an inlaid escutcheon on the front.

Beautiful Victorian rosewood travelling writing slope.

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A rectangular Victorian rosewood writing slope featuring a figured grain finish with a central foliate inlay on the lid and an inlaid escutcheon on the front.
Beautiful Victorian rosewood travelling writing slope.
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A rectangular Victorian rosewood writing slope featuring a figured grain finish with a central foliate inlay on the lid and an inlaid escutcheon on the front.
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A Victorian writing slope, or lap desk, is a portable wooden storage box designed with an angled interior surface to allow correspondence while travelling during the nineteenth century.

Fine hardwoods such as rosewood, mahogany, and walnut were frequently used, often featuring brass bindings, mother-of-pearl inlays, and leather writing surfaces.

Authentic nineteenth-century writing slopes typically feature hand-cut dovetail joints, period-correct brass escutcheons, natural grain patination, and original internal compartments for inkwells.

These decorative wooden boxes make excellent accents when displayed closed on an office desk, console table, or bookshelf to add historic texture and subtle storage.

Keep the wood away from direct sunlight and radiators to prevent drying and cracking, dusting regularly with a soft microfibre cloth and applying beeswax polish sparingly.
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