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Reference: W14 Approximate Age: Edwardian Principal Wood: Oak Size: 48"(w) x 30"(d) x 46"(h) 122cm(w) x 76cm(d) x 117cm(h) Price: £2,700 XE.com Personal Currency Assistant

An Edwardian oak roll-top desk by Globe Wernicke,** with s-shaped tambour top:

FEATURES

• Seven drawers to the front elevation, including two double height ledger drawers
• Dovetail joint construction to the drawers, with moulded wooden handles
• Panelled side and rear elevations
• Panelled modesty screen to the rear of the kneehole recess
• Writing slides to the top of both pedestals
• Well fitted interior to the top, with stationery compartments, drawers and pigeon-holes
• Central locking system - all drawers locked when tambour top is closed
• Original wheeled castors recessed to both pedestals
• Ivorine Globe Wernicke plate attached to the inside of one drawer.

DIMENSIONS

• Width = 48" (122cm). Depth = 30" (76cm)
• Kneehole width (measured between pedestals) = 20" (51cm)
• Sitting or kneehole height (floor to the bottom of the frieze)  = 25" (64cm)
• Writing surface height from floor = 30.5" (78cm)
• Pedestal drawer widths (internal) = 10" (25.5cm)
• Pedestal drawer internal depths (front to back) = 22" (56cm)
• Central drawer width (internal) = 19" (48cm)
• Central drawer internal depth (front to back) = 20" (51cm)

** Globe Wernicke Co Ltd were making office furniture in the UK from the end of the 19th Century.