Rare 19th Century Inlaid Satinwood Sheraton Design Carlton House Desk

A rare 19th century mahogany marble top console table, of neat proportions, fabulous quality and finely hand carved with rich patination and grain. The moulded emperador marble top i...

A very rare French 19th century satinwood marble top console table, strikingly tall and of slender proportions, line inlaid and cross banded throughout. The moulded and stepped corni...

A very fine and rare 19th century mahogany two tier console table with brass mounts and ebonized detail throughout. The shaped and moulded top raised over frieze with single long drawer, intricately hand carved with guilloche, flowerheads, foliate, scrolls and applied flowerhead paterae motif...

A very rare pair of 19th Century mahogany marble top console tables, of exceptional quality, superbly hand carved and richly patinated with fine grain. The gorgeous, moulded white C...

For sale is a top quality Victorian Sheraton revival marquetry inlaid carlton house desk attributed to Edwards & Roberts. The top having to marquetry inlaid boxes...

Fine Sheraton Revival Satinwood inlaid Carlton House desk. with Letter boxes. circa 1880s Profusely inlaid with : swags, shells, urns, bell flowers & foliage decoration, Satinwood, with Rosewood banding, boxwood line inlay, Curved back, Black leather inset top, with gold tooling, 4 drawers & 5 pigeon holes Pair letter slots...

An exceptional 19th century satinwood Carlton House desk attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, the curved superstructure with pierced brass gallery, fitted with two banks of three drawers to the centre, flanked by cupboard doors, the left & right with a document slot above, the reverse inlaid with oval panels, with a gilt tooled burgundy leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers on turned gadrooned and fluted tapering legs with brass caps. Circa 1880 Dimensions: H: 41 1/4 in / 104.8 cm W: 61 in / 154.9 cm D: 32 1/2 in / 82.5 cm Footnote: This particular design of desk owes its name to the one supplied to the Prince of Wales for Carlton House by the court cabinet maker John Kerr in 1790. Its design was later published by George Hepplewhite in 1792 and in 1793 by Thomas Shearer. The publication in Sheraton’s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book of several plates illustrating the interiors of Prince George’s recently built palace raised the interest for its interior decoration. Three years later, the name Carlton House desk appears for the first time in the Estimate Sketch Book of Gillow of London and Lancaster. A Gillow’s sketch from 1798 differs slightly from Hepplewhite’s and it is closer in design to the present lot, most noticeably displaying the turned and fluted legs and the pierced brass gallery. The design of this desk similar to known Gillow’s stamped models, the type of construction and the typical square brass handles strengthen an attribution to this firm. Literature: ‘H. Roberts, 'The First Carlton House Table...

19th century mahogany carlton house desk circa 1890. Good quality late Victorian example of this popular desk design.  Freestanding with shaped back, brass gallery to the top, below...