Escritoire
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Amboyna, marble and gilt
Measurements
1280 x 680 x 380 mm
Order this imageCollection
Newark Park, Gloucestershire
NT 170404
Summary
Desk; Escritoire - One of a pair of fall front escritoires, with ormolu mounts and marble tops - came from Ightham Mote. 18th Century style amboyna wood fall front escritoires with white marble tops and gilt metal mounts, the front panels having oval gilt metal plaques of neo-classical design, and the sides plaques depicting fountains supported by the human form. The base fitted with a frieze drawer, and the whole supported on four swelling turned legs with gilt metal applied reeding and joined by interlaced scrolling stretchers. The interior lined with satinwood and fitted with four drawers.
Provenance
bequest