Description:
Ref: 874WB http://hygra.com/box/874WB-Metamorhic/index.htm
Regency brass bound and edged metamorphic campaign writing desk. The box opens to a sloping writing writing surface covered in red velvet. There are sections for pens and inkwells and wax wafers. There are secret drawers beneath concealed behind a sprung rosewood panel.
The back part telescopes up providing a nest of four drawers of dovetail construction with countersunk brass handles. There are places for storing papers beneath the flaps. The upper flap has its own lock.
Origin: UK ; Circa:
1815; Materials:
rosewood and brass on a mahogany structure.
Size: 51 cm wide by 30.6 cm by 20 cm high
opening to 30 cm: 20 inches wide
by 12 inches by 8 inches high opening to 11,7
inches.
Condition: good overall; a few veneer patches to the bottom. working locks and keys; see images.
Keywords: Hygra.com, Antique box, writing box, Regency, campaign furniture, metamorphic. rosewood, writing desk, secret drawers,
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