Whytock & Reid of Edinburgh 3 Part Pedestal Desk

Circa 1920. A quality mahogany three-part pedestal desk by ‘Whytock & Reid of Edinburgh’ the top with an insert tooled brown leather with large mahogany panels each side, and broadly crossbanded. The frieze with a long drawer flanked by a pair of shorter drawers each with carved flower head knob handles, resting on a pair of pedestals each on a bank of three graduating drawers with similar handles to the top. Unusually has oak facing and a panel back, beneath the bottom drawer is a stylish moulding and the desk rests on eight stylish ‘Lorimer’ carved feet. The desk has great colour and patination, clean stylish and functional.