Writing table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Mahogany, leather
Measurements
68.5 x 54 x 49 cm
Place of origin
England
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Ightham Mote, Kent
NT 825154
Summary
A mahogany reading and writing table, English, circa 1830. With ebonised line inlay, the rectangular adjustable top with book rest and gadrooned edge above a palm frond carved frieze containing a drawer with leather surface inside, on a spiral-twist column with foliate knop and leaf-carved splayed legs with pad feet, printed label to underside 'The Auction Mart, Herne Bay' and hand-written "Payne'', also stamped 3728, possibly Anglo-Indian.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: The Auction Mart, Herne Bay ''Payne''