A REGENCY MAHOGANY CARLTON HOUSE DESK

A REGENCY MAHOGANY CARLTON HOUSE DESK
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1800
Crossbanded overall in rosewood, the curved galleried top above six mahogany-lined short drawers flanked by curved doors, with stepped sides enclosing two mahogany-lined drawers, with gilt-tooled green leather-lined writing-surface and hinged reading-slope, the leather continuing under the removable flanking drawer-sections, above three frieze drawers, on square tapering legs with brass caps and castors, the underside of some drawers inscribed in ink 'Nash Oak Lodge', stamped 'GILLOWS LANCASTER'
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 64½ in. (164 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep

Provenance
Nash, Oak Lodge.
Sir Philip Powell, C.H., O.B.E.
Sold Christie's, London, 20 September 2001, lot 126