Edwardian Mahogany Partner Desk or Pedestal Desk c.1910
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Edwardian Mahogany Partner's Desk or Pedestal Desk c.1910Partner's Desk or Pedestal Desk (as it's one-sided) in the Georgian style, circa 1910. Inset leather top with gilded tooled leather edge in a cross-banded border, top with 3 drawers, sitting on two 3-drawer pedestal units. Bracket feet. Fret-cut brass plate drop handles to all drawers. Brass Secure Lever locks by Willen to all drawers. Locking bar mechanism to drawer backs. These have been detached as the drawers are missing their key. 60" wide, 36" deep, 29" high. In excellent condition - leather top slightly scuffedBuyer collects from Milton Keynes. Delivery may be possible within about 20 miles of Milton Keynes - please email your postcode for a price A pedestal desk is usually a large free-standing desk made of a simple rectangular working surface resting on two pedestals or small cabinets of stacked drawers of one or two sizes, with plinths around the bases. Often, there is also a central large drawer above the legs and knees of the user. Sometimes, especially in the 19th century and modern examples, a "modesty panel" is placed in front, between the pedestals, to hide the legs and knees of the user from anyone else sitting or standing in front. This variation is sometimes called a "panel desk". The smaller and older pedestal desks with such a panel are sometimes called
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