Reference: V37
Approximate Age: Victorian - circa 1880
Principal Wood: Burr Walnut
Size:
37"(w) x 22"(d) x 29.5"(h)
94cm(w) x 56cm(d) x 75cm(h)
Price: £2,550
An attractive small Victorian writing table in
burr walnut, by the firm Edwards & Roberts
with boldly turned barley-twist legs and a central drawer to the front, matched
by a false drawer to the rear:
FEATURES
- Well figured single drawer, with twin turned
wooden knob handles
- Crossbanding to the moulded edge top, in
burr walnut
- Embossed green leather writing surface inset
to the top
- Original turned wooden knob handles to the
drawer opposing false drawer
- Hand-cut dovetail joints to the mahogany
lined drawer
- Scratch-stock moulding to the spandrel
supports
- Original brass cup castors with cream
porcelain wheels
- Barley-twist turned legs
- Original brass drawer lock, stamped 'VR'
- Brass keyhole liner to the lock
- Drawer top edge stamped 'Edwards & Roberts,
Wardour St. London.
DIMENSIONS
- Width = 37" (94cm). Depth = 22" (56cm).
- Sitting height (floor to the bottom of the
frieze) = 24" (61cm)
- Writing height = 29.5"
(75cm)
- Drawer internal width = 19.5" (50cm)
- Drawer internal depth (front to back)
= 16" (41cm)
- Drawer internal height = 2.75" (6.5cm).
