Description
Outstanding Waring and Gillows knee hole desk with original tooled leather writing surface. A solid mahogany desk with stunning flame mahogany veneers and gilded carvings. This wonderfully shaped desk has an arrangement of 3 carved drawers in the frieze and a bank of 3 drawers to either side. All the mahogany lined drawers run smooth, retain original handles and locks (Hobbs & Co). Raised on 4 carved gilded bracket feet to the front and beautifully turned gilded feet to the back. An extremely handsome piece of antique furniture that will enhance any room that it is placed in. Comes with a old purchase note.
Waring & Gillow was a noted firm of English furniture manufacturers and antique dealers formed in 1897 by the merger of Gillows of Lancaster and London and Waring of Liverpool.
Alfred Charles Hobbs (1812 – 1891) formed a company in London which was formally registered as Hobbs & Co. The firm went through various incarnations becoming Hobbs, Ashley & Co in 1855 and then Hobbs, Ashley & Fortescue and finally Hobbs, Hart & Co in 1860 based in Cheapside in London. They were very successful using advanced machine production methods.
Dimensions
Height = 78 cm (30.7″)
Width = 142 cm (55.9″)
Depth = 65 cm (25.6″)
Knee hole height 62cm x width 59cm
All measurements are done to the widest point .
Please feel free to contact me with any enquiry or for more pictures .
Delivery :
We can arrange to deliver any where in the world just let us know your destination and we will get a quote for you .
Here at Sinclair’s Antiques and Interiors we do our utmost best to ensure all our items are described and photographed to show any flaws or damage such as shrinkage splits, losses or lifts to veneer, repairs or marks. However giving the age and the fact that each piece will have had years of polishing to create its own individual character we cannot describe every minor mark separately and therefore recommend you either visit our warehouse or request extra photographs.
We offer a 7 day money back guarantee if you are unhappy with any of your items purchased from us however cannot refund the return shipping cost.
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