Kneehole desk
Category
Furniture
Date
1760 - 1829
Materials
Mahogany, oak, leather, brass
Measurements
73 x 109.5 x 75 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Chartwell, Kent
NT 1100172
Summary
A mahogany kneehole desk, English, late 18th/ early 19th century, the rectangular top inset with tooled brown leather, a small frieze drawer flanked on either side by a column of five graduated drawers, the top drawer on the left side with internal dividers, conforming dummy drawer fronts to the rear, all drawers fronts with cockbeading and brass swan neck handles with shaped escutcheons, the locks and handles later additions, top right drawer with Bramah Patent lock, on a plinth base.
Provenance
Chartwell was purchased by Winston Churchill in 1922 and for the next 40 years it was the family home. Presented to the National Trust in 1946, Winston and Clementine Churchill continued to live there until 1965 when it was relinquished to the management of the National Trust. Much of the contents of Chartwell was accepted by the Treasury in payment of death duty and retained in the house. Lady Churchill also gifted many pieces and others are on loan from the Churchill family. Formerly the property of Lady Churchill.