Regent Antiques has dated this Carlton House Writing Desk to the 1880s.
It is superbly finished all round, so it will look amazing in the centre of your study
The curved superstructure has a central enclosed cupboard, flanked to either side by three small drawers, a further enclosed cupboard and a small drawer with a curved hinged flap to each side, having an inset black leather writing surface. This provides ample storage for all of your personal and business papers.
It has a capacious central frieze drawer flanked by a pair of short drawers to either side. It is raised on square tapering legs that terminate in spade feet with brass castors.
It is fitted with the original brass locks, tasseled key, brass drop handles and bears an ivory label that states
From Maple & Co, Limited, London
The craftsmanship that has gone into this desk is second to none, and it will soon become the centrepiece of your furniture collection.
Condition:
In excellent condition, having been beautifully cleaned, French polished and waxed in our workshops; please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 102 cm x Width 135 cm x Depth 70 cm
Height 64 cm x Width 55 cm - Knee hole
Dimensions in inches:
Height 40 inches x Width 53 inches x Depth 28 inches
Height 25 inches x Width 22 inches - Knee hole
Maple & Co
The renowned furniture retailer of London, Paris and Buenos Aires was famous for top-quality furniture.
They were by Royal Appointment and became one of the leading furniture manufacturers of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. They used only the finest quality timber, which was imported directly from all over the world. Maple and Company were founded in 1841 in Tottenham Court Road, London and had premises there until 1997. By the 1880s they were the largest and most successful furniture makers in the world, their huge emporium having become a tourist attraction in its own right. In addition to their middle-class clientele, they furnished Embassies, hotels, beautiful homes and palaces all over the globe, including Tsar Nicholas's Winter Palace, the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, and many of Britain's country houses.
Carlton House Desk
is a specific antique desk form within the more general bureau à gradin form. This specific form is supposed to have been designed in the 1790s for the Prince of Wales (who later became George IV) by George Hepplewhite. It is named after Carlton House, which was at the time the London residence of the Prince of Wales. This kind of desk is sometimes also known as a Carlton House writing table.
The desk is like a normal writing table, but the small drawers above the surface form a "U" shape around the user instead of being merely set up in front of him, as is usual in a typical bureau a gradin. Unlike other types of bureau a gradin, the Carlton House desk usually offers no pigeonholes. There are usually small slopes over the two desktop drawers at the left and right ends of the "U" shape.
Drawings of this type of desk were presented by Hepplewhite in his famous design book, the Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, and by Thomas Sheraton in his own famous book of designs, The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, thus ensuring its popularity.
Our reference: A5472
Regent Antiques has dated this Carlton House Writing Desk to the 1880s.
We specialise in english and continental furniture, silver, porcelain and decorative items.
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Antique Late Victorian Carlton House Writing Desk / Table 19th C
