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 6
...0 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
Internal Reference: A5268
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1215996
Dateline of this antique is 1860
Height is 78cm (30.7inches)Width is 138cm (54.3inches)Depth is 82cm (32.3inches)
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