A Stunning Quality Burr Walnut & Kingwood Victorian Period Writing Desk

Name: A Stunning Quality Burr Walnut & Kingwood Victorian Period Writing Desk
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA327693
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Christian Davies Antiques Ltd

Description

A stunning quality burr walnut, kingwood & ormolu mounted Victorian Period writing desk. Having a rectangular top with projecting rounded corners veneered in the finest burr walnut with Kingwood and ebony cross banding and having a central olive green leather inset writing surface with intricate gilt and blind tooled detail. The front with an arrangement of nine mahogany lined drawers each with finely cut dovetails and retaining their original locks. Each drawer front cross banded in Kingwood with a central burr walnut panel and boxwood inlaid detail with an ormolu escutcheon and beading. The reverse of the desk also veneered in the finest burr walnut and kingwood, a sure sign of the quality of this piece. The ends of the desk and internal panels are also veneered in stunning burr walnut and kingwood. The canted corners having exquisite cast ormolu mounts. The whole supported on a similarly veneered rounded corner plinth with brass and porcelain castors English circa 1870

Dimensions: 50" wide x 25" deep x 31" high (knee hole 17" wide x 24" high)

Condition: This desk is in stunning condition, re-polished in our workshops

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Declaration

Christian Davies Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 1870s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA327693

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Description

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The front with an arrangement of nine mahogany lined drawers each with finely cut dovetails and retaining their original locks.

Christian Davies Antiques Ltd

Each drawer front cross banded in Kingwood with a central burr walnut panel and boxwood inlaid detail with an ormolu escutcheon and beading. The reverse of the desk also veneered in the finest burr walnut and kingwood, a sure sign of the quality of this piece. The ends of the desk and internal panels are also veneered in stunning burr walnut and kingwood. The canted corners having exquisite cast ormolu mounts. The whole supported on a similarly veneered rounded corner plinth with brass and porcelain castors English circa 1870