Davenport
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Walnut, boxwood and ebonised line inlay, leather, brass gallery and castors, mahogany drawer linings
Measurements
98 x 56 x 56 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726387
Summary
A figured walnut and line-inlaid Davenport, English, circa 1880. The writing surface with sloping hinged lid inset with red leather and with a galleried superstructure containing small drawers around an open compartment, having a further four side drawers raised on plinth with bun feet and castors.
Provenance
Bequest of Miss Ida Bond in 1989.