Offered by Antiquités Saint Jean
Rare double-sided walnut desk.
It opens with two opposite drawers, moving top, leather top edged with gilding (worn but usable as is).
On one side convex and concave drawers in steps, openwork pediments.
Locks signed J.T Needs and J.Bramah, lock manufacturers commissioned by the Crown of England.
On the bottom, two glazed boxes, curved uprights and sabot feet, curved crosspieces.
Abundant carved decoration on all sides: shells, acanthus leaves, foliage, flowers, interlacing, trimmings, braces.
High quality furniture with an original architecture.
Around 1900.
Height under drawer 62 cm, top 75,5 cm, total 109 cm, length 147 cm, depth 99 cm.