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Writing desk c.1715
Oak, walnut, ebony, tortoiseshell, brass and gilt bronze, with leather top. | 81.5 x 208.0 x 117.4 cm (whole object) | RCIN 35828
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Large rectangular Boulle marquetry writing desk (bureau plat), with leather-lined top and moulded gilt bronze rim. The frieze contains six drawers (three on each side), the central drawers recessed. The table is veneered with contre-partie Boulle marquetry of scrolling foliage and mounted with gilt bronze male and female masks. On four cabriole legs.
Provenance
This table was purchased by George IV for the Library at Carlton House. Part of the group of furniture and furnishings refurbished between 1827 and 1829 to King George IV by the partnership of Morel and Seddon for the His Majesty’s Sitting Room at Windsor Castle. Nicholas Morel had formerly worked for The Prince of Wales, later George IV, on Carlton House and the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. Subsequently, he was commissioned to design and furnish Wyatville’s newly built apartments for the King at Windsor Castle. In order to fulfil the contract he entered into partnership with George Seddon III whose family had large and long established furniture workshops in Aldersgate Street in the City of London. F.X. Winterhalter depicts the table in a full-length portrait of Prince Albert in the King's Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, dating from 1859.
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Medium and techniques
Oak, walnut, ebony, tortoiseshell, brass and gilt bronze, with leather top.
Measurements
81.5 x 208.0 x 117.4 cm (whole object)
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TrailBoulle in the Royal Collection
André-Charles Boulle's furniture had elaborate inlays and was much copied
