ID 960825
Lot 92 | A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PARTNER'S PEDESTAL DESK
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
BY MAPLE & CO LTD, CIRCA 1900
The rectangular top with inset gilt-tooled green leather, with two drawers to each end and one drawer to each side flanked by arched cupboard doors enclosing three drawers and dividers to each pedestal, with stop-fluted canted corners, on a plinth base and recessed castors, stamped 'MAPLE & Co. LTD, the locks stamped 'HOBBS & Co. / LONDON'
30 1/4 in. (77 cm.) high; 60 1/4 in. (153 cm.) wide; 41 3/4 in. (106 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Harrods, London, May 1999.
Special notice
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| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |







