Description & Technical information
A fine late 18th century Sheraton period rosewood writing table, the cross-banded rectangular gilt tooled green leather lined top above three short drawers on each side retaining their original elaborate swan-neck handles with their original gilding; on elegant square tapering legs terminating on brass castors.
Date: 1790
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin: England
Medium: Rosewood
Dimensions: 77.5 x 122.5 x 90 cm (30¹/₂ x 48¹/₄ x 35³/₈ inches)
Provenance: Private collection, Washington DC
Literature: Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, ‘18th Century Furniture; The Norman Adams Collection’, London, 1983, p. 132.
Categories: Furniture
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