An Extremely Rare 18th Century Mahogany George III Period Book Carrier, Or Desk Stand Tidy, Having Two Short Drawers And One Long Drawer, Retaining Original Brass Handles And Escutcheons, Below Well Figured Shelf Enclosed By Elegant Moulded Shaped Gallery And Wire Grill Panel To Back, With Hooped Carrying Handle Above. Originally this beautiful little antique desk accessory would have been made to sit on top of a desk, housing a selection of books for easy access and also of course allowing one to utilise the lovely little drawers to keep their desk tidy. Once the selection of books have been exhausted then it would simply be picked up and taken to the library, allowing the books to be changed and a fresh selection brought back to the office.Its worth noting that this is one of the earliest examples of these which we have seen, it is much more common to find Regency examples, so his dates to around 70 or so years earlier than the norm as a minimum. The book stand is of excellen...