The Antique Furniture Company

Description

A lovely antique Edwardian mahogany ladies cylinder writing desk dating to around 1900. With a shaped gallery to the top above a sliding cylinder door with an inlaid motif to the centre and boxwood stringing to the edges. The cylinder opens to reveal an interior fitted with five pigeon holes and a small central drawer with a pull-out leather writing surface and two larger drawers below. With fine original brass knob handles and standing on inlaid tapering legs with brass castors.

Joints all strong and with original handles and castors. It does have a mark in the polish on the top and is fading, the veneer on the very left edge of the cylinder has been damaged. There is a scratch to the centre of the writing slope and other marks from usage.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or for more photos, remember to include your email address.

The overall dimensions at the largest points are approximately
Width - 30 1/4in (77cm)
Depth - 18 1/4in (46.5cm)
Height - 40 1/2in (103cm)

Ref 0350

Please appreciate all our items are antique and as such may have minor scratches, marks, knocks, shrinkage splits signs of old woodworm, and minor losses to veneer, which combine with care and years of polishing to create an individual character and patina. We cannot describe each marks separately and therefore suggest you do take the time to request extra photos. We do offer a 14 day money back guarantee for UK purchases but cannot refund the return shipping cost.