Venetian Desk , c.1790 (SOLD)
AN ITALIAN POLYCHROME PAINTED KNEEHOLE DESK LATE 18TH CENTURY
A rare Venetian painted desk, decorated on all sides in its original Neo-classical decoration, could be used as a free standing desk or dressing table.
Provenance: Bearing label to the inside central drawer 'No t.54 in the Catalogue of C.H. St J. Hornby.' Charles Harold Hornby (1867-1946) was a founding partner of W.H. Smith and deputy vice chairman of the NSPCC. In 1945, his collection was sold by Henry Duke & Son, Dorchester. Some of his collection of antiques is now in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Height: 74cm
Width: 90cm
Depth: 51.5cm
A rare Venetian painted desk, decorated on all sides in its original Neo-classical decoration, could be used as a free standing desk or dressing table.
Provenance: Bearing label to the inside central drawer 'No t.54 in the Catalogue of C.H. St J. Hornby.' Charles Harold Hornby (1867-1946) was a founding partner of W.H. Smith and deputy vice chairman of the NSPCC. In 1945, his collection was sold by Henry Duke & Son, Dorchester. Some of his collection of antiques is now in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Height: 74cm
Width: 90cm
Depth: 51.5cm
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