A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARCHITECT'S DESK BY GILLOWS, 1778 Mahogany-crossbanded and boxwood line inlaid overall, the triple-hinged and ratcheted top above a frieze drawer with baize-lined slide and sixteen compartments above six short drawers flanking a kneehole cupboard, the reverse of the desk with ebony line inlay, simulated frieze drawer and simulated cupboards, on bracket feet, the feet with laminated blocks and original triple-wheel friction roller castors, the underside with original red wash and 18th-century hand-written label 'John Myddleton Esq at Gwanynog near/Denbigh to the care/of Mr Turner Chester' 33 in. (84 cm.) high, unextended; 49½ in. (126 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep Provenance Anonymous Sale; Christie's London, 23 May 2013, lot 24.
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARCHITECT'S DESK BY GILLOWS, 1778 Mahogany-crossbanded and boxwood line inlaid overall, the triple-hinged and ratcheted top above a frieze drawer with baize-lined slide and sixteen compartments above six short drawers flanking a kneehole cupboard, the reverse of the desk with ebony line inlay, simulated frieze drawer and simulated cupboards, on bracket feet, the feet with laminated blocks and original triple-wheel friction roller castors, the underside with original red wash and 18th-century hand-written label 'John Myddleton Esq at Gwanynog near/Denbigh to the care/of Mr Turner Chester' 33 in. (84 cm.) high, unextended; 49½ in. (126 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep Provenance Anonymous Sale; Christie's London, 23 May 2013, lot 24.
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