THE MARK BIRLEY WRITING TABLE, English, circa 1790
Height: 41 in; 104 cm
Width: 48 ¾ in; 124 cm
Depth: 26 ¼ in; 67 cm
Width: 48 ¾ in; 124 cm
Depth: 26 ¼ in; 67 cm
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A George III brass mounted Carlton House mahogany writing table. The table retains the original brass mounts, handles, Bramah lock and castor cups. Note: The wheels, castor forks and faded...
A George III brass mounted Carlton House mahogany writing table.
The table retains the original brass mounts, handles, Bramah lock and castor cups.
Note: The wheels, castor forks and faded green leather insert are of later date.
Provenance
Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., London, England;
Collection of Mark Birley, London, England;
Private collection, London, England.
Literature
Hugh Roberts, ‘The first Carlton House Table’, Furniture History Journal, 1995, pp. 124-8.
Illustrated:
G. Bernard Hughes, ‘The Regent’s Oak Writing Table’, Country Life Annual, 1969, fig. I.
Rhoda Koenig, ‘Top Dog’, The World of Interiors, December 1969, p. 76.
Ronald Phillips, Fine Antique English Furniture, London 2019, pp. 156/157.
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