Pedestal desk
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1840 - circa 1870
Materials
Mahogany and leather
Measurements
73.5 x 137 x 79 cm
Place of origin
England
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246090
Summary
A mahogany pedestal desk, English, mid-19th century. The rectangular top with moulded edge and inset with brown leather, above three frieze drawers. Raised on a pair of pedestals, fitted with three short drawers and raised on plinths.
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.