A French Louis-Philippe Period Black Painted Clerk’s Desk c.1850 sub-Architectural & Garden This carvings detail is of

This carvings detail is of superior quality

and it has been said of her that she remained a Russian Grand Duchess more than she ever became Queen of the Netherlands

and was commissioned as an Ensign in the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot on 16 Oct 1868

The company was in business from the 1880s until it closed in 1933

can stand unaided

A French Louis-Philippe Period Black Painted Clerk’s Desk c.1850 sub-Architectural & Garden This carvings detail is ofOrigin: French Period: Louis Philippe Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 Height: 32. 75 Width: 35. 25 Depth: 19. 5 (all at extremities) The well proportioned black painted pine clerks desk of counter form, the whole having elegant scrolled legs to a hinged sloping writing surface with lozenge escutcheon opening to reveal a vacant interior, being untouched from its heavy use throughout the decades, the carcass with an exceptional bitumen encrusted