A Wonderful 18th Century George I Period Burr Walnut Kneehole Desk, The Extremely Well Figured Quarter Veneered Top Wth Crossbanded Decoration And Re-Entrant Corners, Over One Long Drawer and Six Short Drawers With Feather Banded Decoration And Brass Handles, Surrounding Extremely Rare Central Sliding Kneehole Cupboard Door, Flanked By Elegant Reeded Pilaster Columns, Enclosing Shaped Shelf To Storage Space, Raised On Original Shaped Bracket Feet.Kneehole desks are generally regarded as a smaller, more compact version of the more typically found pedestal desk, with some form of an arrangement of drawers around a central set recessed cupboard being usual form. There are of course various different designs to be found along the same theme, but as a general rule that is what a georgian or earlier kneehole desk will look like.This particular georgian kneehole desk has the extremely rare feature of the lovely kneehole cupboard actually sliding backwards and forwards, which presumabl...