Desk
Gillow & Co
Category
Furniture
Date
1870 - 1880
Materials
Oak, leather and gilt
Measurements
750 x 1370 x 800 mm
Place of origin
Unknown
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Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire
NT 421812
Summary
Oak pedestal library desk. Red leather top with gilt quatrefoil border, each pedestal has four drawers each side, one drawer over knee-hole; drawer-fronts with horizontal reeding and 'pies'; ends have 4 lozenge-panels in 17th century style. Part of same suite as bookcases 421785 and 421813.
Provenance
Acquired for Craft Trust, D.4
Makers and roles
Gillow & Co , cabinetmaker