Martlesham Antiques is a family run business and has been trading since 1984. We are located in Suffolk just outside Woodbridge and is run from a spacious thatched cottage housing nine large showrooms with a vast adjacent car park. Specialising in 18th and 19th century furniture, together with creating custom hand-made furniture which is supplied to various interior designers, trade and the retail market. Every piece on the showroom floor is in excellent condition and ready to go straight into the buyers home or premises. All of Martlesham Antiques furniture is hand polished by their own French polishers and restorers to a very high standard. We are also a member of LAPADA, the association of art and antiques.
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19th Century Sheraton Revival Satinwood Writing Desk
Certified DealerApproved item1718 sales by dealerFree DeliveryAvailable for local pick-up
Certified DealerApproved item1718 sales by dealerFree DeliveryAvailable for local pick-up
Description
19th Century Sheraton revival satinwood and inlaid writing desk / cabinet attributed to Edwards & Roberts, the inlaid shaped frieze having chequer line inlaid quarter round shelves below flanking the fall profusely inlaid including a pair of birds drinking from a fountain, the fall dropping down to reveal various compartment spaces with a lovely shaped frieze and two drawers with original brass lion mask ring handles, there is a further single oak lined drawer below the fall, the bottom section there is an incurved oak lined drawer at the centre with original brass turned handles, the drawer front and the sides of the cabinet having decorative floral inlay, supported on elegant square tapering inlaid legs terminating on ormolu feet. Circa 1880.
measurements
Height:
130 cm
Width:
92 cm
Depth:
49 cm
measurements
declaration
Martlesham Antiques has clarified that the 19th Century Sheraton Revival Satinwood Writing Desk (LA379724) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1880