Desk box
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1710 - 1720 (and later)
Materials
Walnut, brass
Measurements
23.5 cm (H); 41 cm (W); 25 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
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Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset
NT 254462
Summary
A walnut table desk, English, early 18th century, converted from a dressing mirror. The re-veneered top above a feather banded fall enclosing a fitted interior above a pair of retractable lopers and a panelled drawer, raised on later bracket feet.
Provenance
Bequest of Lytes Cary Manor and other freehold lands, tenements, property and chattels from Sir Walter Kentish William Jenner, in his will dated 14th May 1948.