Maker: Unknown
Mahogany writing table. Serpentine front with canted and carved legs, with acanthus design. One large fitted drawer, with a baize-covered slide in the centre, and with a well and two small drawers under it. The back legs are also carved, but four-square. The main drawer and the two small interior drawers are fitted with their original furniture.
History note: Unknown before testator
T. H. Riches Bequest.
Depth: 25 in
Height: 29 ½ in
Width: 43 3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Riches, Thomas Henry
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1760
-
Circa
1770
Accession number: M.11-1950
Primary reference Number: 98227
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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