Work table
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany and silk
Measurements
29 x 17 x 12.75 ins
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1274787
Summary
A mahogany work table with a false drawer with two knobs at the front, and at one side a drawer with lock and three small compartments in the front. Top with inlaid band on three sides. On taper legs with brass toes and castors. A removable panel in grooves in the rear legs, covered on both sides with brocade in shades of brown, the outer side covered with a panel of black silk embroidered in blue, white and gold. Chinese silk fabric with gold embroidery stuck onto damask backing panel.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950