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Antique Victorian Partners Writing Library Table 19th C
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Antique Victorian Partners Writing Library Table 19th C

19th century
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Description

This elegant Victorian antique partners writing table is crafted from beautiful flame mahogany and dates from Circa 1860.

It features a striking inset green leather writing surface that has beautiful hand-tooled and gilded impressed decoration. It is raised on four turned fluted tulip tapering reeded legs that terminate in their original brass castors.

It is a Partners desk and unusually has two frieze drawers on each side, fitted with brass drop handles, and perfectly sized for all the stationery you could possibly need, making this desk not just a symbol of refinement but a practical furnishing as well.

It is finished on all sides so that it can stand freely in the middle of a room, making it extremely suitable for a large home or office.

Condition:

In excellent condition, having been beautifully cleaned, polished, waxed and releathered in our workshops. Please see photos for confirmation.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 78 cm x Width 138 cm x Depth 82 cm

Height 60 cm x Width 117 cm  - Knee Height

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 4 foot, 6 inches x Depth 2 foot, 8 inches

Height 2 feet x Width 3 foot, 10 inches - Knee Height

Flame Mahogany

Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as "best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works up easily, has a beautiful figure and polishes so well that it is an ornament to any room in which it may be placed." Matching his words to his work, Sheraton designed much mahogany furniture. The qualities that impressed Sheraton are particularly evident in a distinctive pattern of wood called "flame mahogany."

The flame figure in the wood is revealed by slicing through the face of the branch at the point where it joins another element of the tree.

A partners desk 

is an antique desk form, which is basically two pedestal desks constructed from the start as one large desk joined at the front, for two users working while facing each other.

This piece of furniture was first conceived in the United Kingdom to accommodate the work of banking partners. These gentlemen were usually senior bank officials who wished to work together while keeping the convenience and the prestige of a pedestal desk.

Our reference: A5268

Physical Dimensions
Height
78cm (30.71")
Width
138cm (54.33")
Depth
82cm (32.28")
Declaration

Regent Antiques has dated this Victorian Mahogany Writing Table to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1215996
Dealers Internal Reference
A5268
Description
This elegant Victorian antique partners writing table is crafted from beautiful flame mahogany and dates from Circa 1860.
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It features a striking inset green leather writing surface that has beautiful hand-tooled and gilded impressed decoration.
Regent Antiques

It is raised on four turned fluted tulip tapering reeded legs that terminate in their original brass castors.

fig 1. Nineteenth-century Victorian mahogany writing table featuring a green leather inset top, two drawers with brass drop handles, and carved turned legs on brass castors.
fig 1. Antique Victorian Partners Writing Library Table 19th C

It is a Partners desk and unusually has two frieze drawers on each side, fitted with brass drop handles, and perfectly sized for all the stationery you could possibly need, making this desk not just a symbol of refinement but a practical furnishing as well.

fig 2. Nineteenth-century Victorian mahogany writing table featuring a green leather inset top, two drawers with brass drop handles, and carved turned legs on brass castors.
fig 2. Antique Victorian Partners Writing Library Table 19th C

It is finished on all sides so that it can stand freely in the middle of a room, making it extremely suitable for a large home or office.

Condition:

In excellent condition, having been beautifully cleaned, polished, waxed and releathered in our workshops. Please see photos for confirmation.

fig 3. Nineteenth-century Victorian mahogany writing table featuring a green leather inset top, two drawers with brass drop handles, and carved turned legs on brass castors.
fig 3. Antique Victorian Partners Writing Library Table 19th C

Dimensions in cm:

Height 78 cm x Width 138 cm x Depth 82 cm

Height 60 cm x Width 117 cm  - Knee Height

Dimensions in inches:

Height 2 foot, 7 inches x Width 4 foot, 6 inches x Depth 2 foot, 8 inches

Height 2 feet x Width 3 foot, 10 inches - Knee Height

fig 4. Nineteenth-century Victorian mahogany writing table featuring a green leather inset top, two drawers with brass drop handles, and carved turned legs on brass castors.
fig 4. Antique Victorian Partners Writing Library Table 19th C

Flame Mahogany

Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as "best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works up easily, has a beautiful figure and polishes so well that it is an ornament to any room in which it may be placed." Matching his words to his work, Sheraton designed much mahogany furniture. The qualities that impressed Sheraton are particularly evident in a distinctive pattern of wood called "flame mahogany."

fig 5. Nineteenth-century Victorian mahogany writing table featuring a green leather inset top, two drawers with brass drop handles, and carved turned legs on brass castors.
fig 5. Antique Victorian Partners Writing Library Table 19th C

The flame figure in the wood is revealed by slicing through the face of the branch at the point where it joins another element of the tree.

A partners desk 

is an antique desk form, which is basically two pedestal desks constructed from the start as one large desk joined at the front, for two users working while facing each other.

fig 6. Nineteenth-century Victorian mahogany writing table featuring a green leather inset top, two drawers with brass drop handles, and carved turned legs on brass castors.
fig 6. Antique Victorian Partners Writing Library Table 19th C

This piece of furniture was first conceived in the United Kingdom to accommodate the work of banking partners. These gentlemen were usually senior bank officials who wished to work together while keeping the convenience and the prestige of a pedestal desk.

Our reference: A5268

Height
78cm (30.71")
Width
138cm (54.33")
Depth
82cm (32.28")
Date of Manufacture

Regent Antiques has dated this Victorian Mahogany Writing Table to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1215996
Dealers Internal Ref
A5268
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A Victorian writing table typically features solid or veneered mahogany construction, a gold-tooled leather writing surface, frieze drawers, and turned or carved legs often fitted with brass castors.

Cabinetmakers commonly utilised flame mahogany, walnut, or oak primary woods paired with pine or oak drawer linings, brass hardware, and gold-tooled skiver leather for the top writing surface.

Authentic pieces exhibit hand-cut dovetail joints on drawers, original brass castors, hand-carved leg detailing, and natural age-related patina on both the timber and leather inset.

Position the table centrally in a home office or library setting, balancing the dark mahogany timber tones with modern neutral wall paint, contemporary seating, and brass lighting accents.

Preserve the timber by applying a high-quality beeswax polish along the grain, and clean the leather surface gently using a soft cloth and specialised leather conditioner.
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