A GEORGE III AND LATER MAHOGANY KNEEHOLE DESK
A GEORGE III AND LATER MAHOGANY KNEEHOLE DESK, converted to a dressing table, the hinged top lifting to reveal an adjustable baize lined surface with an easel back and concealing an alcove containing four secret drawers, flanked by an arrangement of various compartments, some lidded and with brass handles, the underside of the top itself fitted with a dressing mirror with an adjustable easel back, over a dummy drawer above a frieze drawer with a recessed cupboard beneath, flanked by two banks of three drawers, all standing on bracket feet
Provenance: purportedly purchased from Harrods in the 1980s.
75cm high x 75cm wide x 52cm deep
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A GEORGE III AND LATER MAHOGANY KNEEHOLE DESK, converted to a dressing table, the hinged top lifting to reveal an adjustable baize lined surface with an easel back and concealing an alcove containing four secret drawers, flanked by an arrangement of various compartments, some lidded and with brass handles, the underside of the top itself fitted with a dressing mirror with an adjustable easel back, over a dummy drawer above a frieze drawer with a recessed cupboard beneath, flanked by two banks of three drawers, all standing on bracket feet
Provenance: purportedly purchased from Harrods in the 1980s.
75cm high x 75cm wide x 52cm deep
(Qty: 1)