Writing table
Ref: 1945
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Designer / Maker
The design attributed to Charles Bevan (fl. circa 1860-circa 82)
Manufactured by Marsh & Jones (partnership 1864-70)
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Detail
Birdseye maple, with inlaid decoration in various woods, and original leather top
70 x 107 x 55.5 cm
English (Leeds), circa 1865
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Provenance
James Brett, Norwich; H. Blairman & Sons, 1980s; Lord McAlpine of West Green; H. Blairman & Sons, 1995; Saretta Barnet, until 2017)
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Collection
Private collection
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Notes
For Marsh & Jones, see Lindsay Boynton, ‘High Victorian Furniture: The Example of Marsh and Jones of Leeds, Furniture History III (1967), pp., 54-91.
For Charles Bevan, see H. Blairman & Sons, Gothic-Revival Furniture by Charles Bevan, n.d. [2006].