An interesting Aesthetic Movement red walnut writing desk the design attributed to Thomas Jeckyll rectangular section, two banks of graduated drawers, with a border of spindles and a foliate moulding, subtle flaring legs on castors, with brass furniture, 131 x 68cm, 76cm. high Literature Susan Soros Thomas Jeckyll Architect and Designer 1827-1881, DGC/Yale, page 188 figure 5-51 for a comparable desk in walnut for 1 Holland Park. Catalogue notes There are several examples of furniture designed by Jeckyll to be made in walnut, comparable to this example, the most important being for 1 Holland Park, London for Alexander Ionides in 1875. Read more »
An interesting Aesthetic Movement red walnut writing desk the design attributed to Thomas Jeckyll rectangular section, two banks of graduated drawers, with a border of spindles and a foliate moulding, subtle flaring legs on castors, with brass furniture, 131 x 68cm, 76cm. high Literature Susan Soros Thomas Jeckyll Architect and Designer 1827-1881, DGC/Yale, page 188 figure 5-51 for a comparable desk in walnut for 1 Holland Park. Catalogue notes There are several examples of furniture designed by Jeckyll to be made in walnut, comparable to this example, the most important being for 1 Holland Park, London for Alexander Ionides in 1875. Read more »
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