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A Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Desk
£5,000 $6,774 €5,891
Currently in unrestored original condition, please contact us for further information.
The rectangular top with cross-banding and boxwood and ebony stringing above three frieze drawers all with blind fretwork moulding, raised on a pair of pedestals fitted with carved acanthus, three graduated drawers within canted angles raised on squat cabriole legs with carved knees.
English, circa 1900
Provenance:
HRH The Queen Mother signed the Dundee University Charter on this desk in the 1960s.
This item is currently in its original, unrestored condition. Please contact us for further information.
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Internal Reference: 7610
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1073981
Dateline of this antique is 1900
Height is 76cm (29.9inches)Width is 193cm (76.0inches)Depth is 84cm (33.1inches)
Antique SA1073981 shown on this page was made in 1900. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1900
ANTIQUE SA1073981
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Butchoff Antiques Ltd.
18th and 18th Century English, French & Italian Furniture & Decorative Arts
Butchoff Antiques Ltd. is also an antique trade association member of LAPADA BADA
London
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7221 8174 or 07974 575 554
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