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Reference: R19 Approximate Age: Victorian c.1860 Principal Wood: Mahogany Size: 59"(w) x 31"(d) 150cm(w) x 79cm(d) Price: £3,950 XE.com Personal Currency Assistant

This example has the characteristic features of twin pedestals, supporting a top with a moulded edge and three separate gold tooled green leather inset writing surfaces. The fixed superstructure to the rear of the top contains eight small drawers secured in place by two lockable hinged side flaps, which flank a central turned baluster gallery. At the top of each of the arrangements of small drawers there is a miniature gallery to three sides. There are scrolled brackets to the top of each of the inner and outer stiles, which flank the eight small drawers of the superstructure.

The generous space underneath the hinged writing slope can be accessed by raising the slope in the same way as the hinged lid of a traditional school desk. This reveals a useful storage space and a pair of small twin handled drawers faced in bird's eye maple, with stationery compartments of various sizes and configurations.

The total of sixteen functional drawers to the front facing elevation are all lockable and each has twin turned wooden knob handles. There is a central dummy drawer in the frieze beneath the writing slope, which contains the lock for the slope itself.