Pedestal desk
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Mahogany, leather and brass
Measurements
76 x 138.5 x 85 cm
Place of origin
England
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey (Accredited Museum)
NT 1246123
Summary
A mahogany kneehole pedestal desk, English, mid-20th century. The rectangular top with inset red leather skiver above a frieze fitted with three drawers, and a pair of pedestals, both fitted with two graduated short drawers and raised on four shell-carved cabriole legs with pad feet.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded; bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942.