Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Desk

A Chinese red lacquer desk from the early 20th century, with two drawers and brass hardware. Created in China during the early years of the 20...

This incomparable slant-front chinoiserie black lacquer secretary desk depicts a serene, traditional Asian motif from head to toe. The gold and greens appear as mystical and radiant...

Antique Shanxi Province Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Cabinet The Antique Shanxi Province Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Cabinet is a vintage pie...

Red lacquer and gilt decoration with florals, birds and butterflies. Faux bamboo legs and cross stretcher. Removable tray top with felt interior. This tastefully designed tray table ...

Elegant Georigian secretaire bookcase in mahogany Stand out example of English furniture making, great piece as both a desk and a bookcase Top half features the glass fronted cabin...

designed as a nod to bauhaus architecture, this study table is bold on its geometries yet intricate at the same time. crafted in solid Ash, the tabletop is adorned with two built-in ...

An excellent piece of designed made in Italy. In excellent condition commensurate with age.

This beautifully detailed item is made of oak with inlay mahogany. Item dates back to the 1850s and contains many drawers inside of fall-front.

Rare Antique Shanxi Province Large Elm Calligraphy Desk Rare calligraphy table in great antique condition, with original color and patina. Can be used as a large desk, a tall dining table...

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...