David Foord-Brown Antiques

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AN IMPORTANT HEPPLEWHITE PERIOD WRITING DESK IN THE FRENCH TASTE. CIRCA 1770.

PROVENANCE: FORMERLY WITH JEREMY LTD. LONDON

EXHIBITED AT THE GROSVENOR HOUSE ANTIQUES FAIR, LONDON JUNE 10-24 1971. JEREMY LTD, STAND 77.

ILLUSTRATED IN THE CONNOISSEUR, JUNE 1971, PAGE 140.

A most elegant & beautifully crafted bombe shaped writing desk executed in faded Cuban mahogany with bandings of tulipwood and purple heart.

The top with a single shallow drawer over a cylinder desk, the front rising to reveal a leathered writing surface and a central arrangement of cubby holes for papers, letters etc; flanked on each side by four short graduated drawers, one fitted for ink bottles; and over a shaped long drawer and two shaped short drawers flanking the kneehole. the whole raised on shaped cabriole legs.

Origin: ENGLISH

Circa:1770

Height: 45 in. (114 cm.) | Width: 38.5 in. (98 cm.) | Depth: 22.5in. (57 cm.)

Price: £16,500

Stock Ref: A10423

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