Inlaid marquetry rosewood and walnut drop leaf writing desk. The rectangular rosewood crossbanded top with drop leafs and central sliding board inlaid as drafts, chess and backgammon. Raised on standards with sabre legs terminating in brass paw capped castors.
Some chips to veneers. Structurally sound with firm joints and extending mechanism smooth and sturdy. Delivered by a two man team.
England, circa 1910
Height: 71.4 cm
Length (extended): 147.9 cm
Length (unextended): 106.3 cm
Depth: 68.7 cm
measurements
Height:
71.4 cm
Width:
147.9 cm
Depth:
68.7 cm
measurements
declaration
Harper Baxter has clarified that the Drop Leaf Writing Desk Rosewood Extending Antique Games Table (LA527722) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1910