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Hardwood Carlton House desk

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
An unusual desk made from oriental timber to an English design.
The shaped top has the typical arrangement of small drawers on three sides, including a pen tray, surmounted by a brass gallery with an openwork Chinese fretwork design. All set upon solid hardwood cabriole legs with gilt mounts showing oriental masks and terminating in sabots above barrel castors.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1845
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	272286

Dimensions

W.	27 in;	H.	35 in;	D.	44 in;
W.	68.58 cm;	H.	88.9 cm;	D.	111.76 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art