Summary:
• Item: Office Desk
• Circa: 1980
• Style: Georgian
• Wood: Yew wood veneers
• Size: 4ft wide x 2ft deep
• Sage green leather with gold tooling
• Decorative swan neck metal handles
• Ornate key escutcheon
• Dovetailed drawer construction
• Original working steel lever lock (with key)
• 6 working drawers in total
• 1 cupboard (right hand pedestal)
• Working lock and key
• Georgian style bracket feet
• Original polish & patination
• Plenty of storage space
• One-piece desk
• Free delivery to England, Wales & Southern Scotland*
• Free 14-day UK returns
Description:
Here is a lovely vintage English Georgian style yew wood & sage green leather top 4ft pedestal office desk, circa 1980, in good original condition. The desk incorporates a good quality full grain light sage green inset leather with elegant gold tooling border, which is flanked by yew wood banding and a thumb moulded top. If you prefer a different colour leather, we can replace it with a colour of your choice for an additional £125. The desk comprises of a top section with two pedestals, all of which incorporate lovely yew wood veneers, on Georgian style bracket feet. There are 6 graduated working drawers in total, to the front of the desk and down the left pedestal. The right pedestal looks like a bank of drawers but is in fact a large cupboard, ideal for storing files. The drawer fonts are decorated with cock-beaded fronts, incorporating good quality metal swan neck handles with circular escutcheons. The drawer linings are constructed with dovetail joints. The top central drawer incorporates a working lever lock and key.
The pedestals are raised on Georgian style bracket feet and are decorated with fine beading to the outsides of each pedestal. The desk is freestanding which means it can be situated in the centre of the room. This is a one-piece desk, which cannot be dismantled.
The desk resonates a warm yew wood colour. As it boasts the original polish, it has a lovely mellow colour and patination; this can only be achieved through age and the years of care and cleaning it has received.
This leather top office desk would look superb in a variety of rooms from the work place to the home office. This item would certainly grace any home and is a great investment as it is extremely functional. So, don’t miss out your chance to own a lovely piece of furniture.
Condition Report:
This desk is in good original condition. Nominal old use marks to the leading edges of the desktop frame, pedestals and plinths but nothing significant considering the age of the item. The desk incorporates a quality full grain sage green leather, which is in good overall condition; with nominal old use wear and cup marks (see photos). If you prefer a different colour leather, we can replace it with a colour of your choice for an additional £125. All drawers run smoothly and close flush to the frame. The top three drawers retain the original working brass lever lock and original key (the others were not constructed with locks). This desk is solid in joint and ready to use.
Dimensions:
External height = 77.3cm or 30⅜” or 2ft 10⅜”
External width = 122.8cm or 48⅜” or 4ft 0⅜”
External depth = 60cm or 23⅝” or 1ft 11⅝”
Knee height = 61.4cm or 24⅛” or 2ft 0⅛”
Knee width (pedestals) = 53.7cm or 21⅛” or 1ft 9⅛”
Knee width (plinths) = 51.8cm or 20⅜” or 1ft 8⅜”
Terms & Conditions:
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