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Description A George IV mahogany kneehole desk?by William Williamson & Son of Guildford
second quarter 19th century
the moulded top over an arrangement of seven mahogany lined drawers, opposing dummy drawers, the sides with pull-out slides, the central drawer?stamped 'From W. Williamson & Son, Guildford'
79cm. high, 125cm. wide, 79cm. deep.
Condition Report This piece is of nice quality. There are surface scratches and marks from use, notably to the corners of the top (which had a loose glass top at one stage). It is possible to that the piece is re-polished. There are losses to cockbeading. There are patches to veneers. Two dummy drawers have been detached and are now re-attached. There are cracks (visible in main image) to the frames around the drawers. There are scuffs and splits to the corners of the plinth base. Functional and decorative.
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Provenance James Stewart Hodgson (1827-1899);
Agatha, Marchioness of Sligo (1866-1965)
Notes William Williamson & Sons, Surrey were cabinetmakers of some repute. They often looked to?Georgian models?as a source?in?their designs?even into the 19th century, as?in the present?desk, which seems to date from the?1770s but was probably made in the 1830s. Their workshops were based at Black Horse Lane from 1790-96 and Chapel Street from 1822-1840 (ed. Geoffrey Beard,
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, London, 1986, p.983).