Writing table
Thomas Turner (1793-1873)
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Pine, Walnut, Ebonised, Gilt, Rexine, Iron, Brass
Measurements
745 mm (H); 1070 mm (W); 558 mm (D)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 460938
Summary
Ebonized leather top writing desk with two small front drawers. Two end legs joined by a central stretcher. Gilded decoration and beading with walnut inlaid border around leather top. Castors on all 4 feet.
Provenance
An item from the Llanerchaeron collection, left to the National Trust in the will of John Powell Ponsonby Lewes in 1989
Makers and roles
Thomas Turner (1793-1873), cabinetmaker