拍品专文
A related writing desk having a triple-glazed cupboard above was sold at Christie's South Kensington, 3 July 1991, lot 415.
OTHER PROPERTIES
AN ENGLISH SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID BUREAU DE DAME, with a pierced brass three-quarter gallery and rising superstructure fitted with ten pigeon-holes, the tambour shutter opening to reveal three small drawers and a number of stationery wells, the drop flap with an oval fan inlay with ribbon-tied cornucopiae and pendant husks, double hinged to open as a leather-lined writing surface, with a further compartmented well below and pullout drawer, with a brass lock stamped HOBBS LONDON MACHINE MADE LEVER, on square-tapering legs united by a shaped undertier with brass cappings and ball feet, late 19th Century
细节
AN ENGLISH SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY INLAID BUREAU DE DAME, with a pierced brass three-quarter gallery and rising superstructure fitted with ten pigeon-holes, the tambour shutter opening to reveal three small drawers and a number of stationery wells, the drop flap with an oval fan inlay with ribbon-tied cornucopiae and pendant husks, double hinged to open as a leather-lined writing surface, with a further compartmented well below and pullout drawer, with a brass lock stamped HOBBS LONDON MACHINE MADE LEVER, on square-tapering legs united by a shaped undertier with brass cappings and ball feet, late 19th Century
29½in. (75cm.) wide; 37½in. (95cm.) high; 46in. (117cm.) high when open; 22in. (56cm.) deep
29½in. (75cm.) wide; 37½in. (95cm.) high; 46in. (117cm.) high when open; 22in. (56cm.) deep