Antique George III English Mahogany Slant Lid Writing Desk With Full Interior

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With our highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in offering this beautiful antique writing desk. This magnificent … Read more With our highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in offering this beautiful antique writing desk. This magnificent antique has survived through centuries having remained in wonderful condition and entirely all original. The desk was originally made for an English gentleman towards the end of the 18th century. The duties of maintaining records and correspondences was as vital in this era as it remains today and as finer materials became available the grandeur of writing desks improved with the time. The average household would often invest extra to own desks with premium features as they became symbols of wealth and refinement in an age where business and social engagements took place in the home.

This desk features some of the absolute finest floral embossed brass escutcheons one might ever hope to find. Robust brass stylized bails, circular backplates with beaded decoration, Queen Anne style decorative pulls, and the original half mortise iron locks complete the external case hardware. The writing lid opens to reveal a valance door that conceals two small drawers which are surrounded by six additional implement drawers and housed beneath eight pigeonhole divided compartments. A sophisticated brass lock, hinges, and remnants of the antique felt have remained in tact. Each of the smaller interior drawers are dovetailed and are fitted with the original brass hardware.

The desk is comprised of a beautiful selection of mahogany with singular wide growth lumber designated for the sides of the case. The slant lid writing surface and drawer faces are all fashioned with fine specimens of mahogany that continues through the interior of the desk. Yew wood secondary lumber was dovetailed expertly to construct each of the drawer cases while the back of the desk is comprised of several pine boards that are secured in place with the original hand-cut rose head iron nails. The desk stands on scrolled bracket feet that are fitted to the case and enhanced with well formed base molding that spans the entirety of the front and sides. The desk measures 39 1/4” wide x 20 3/4” deep x 40 3/4” tall. See less