Writing cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany, boxwood and leather.
Measurements
840 x 550 x 410 mm
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Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 980189
Summary
Mahogany travelling writing desk with folding tops which incorporate paper stores. It is inlaid with boxwood and imitates fluting at the front. The central leather writing top slides out to allow a letter rack to rise out of the carcass. The Harlequin design of Sheraton was a popular, but also functional 'toy'. Below are 2 small drawers and tambour fronted cupboard. The whole stands on tapered legs, terminating on peg feet.