A George III Gilt-Brass Mounted Rosewood Cylinder Desk, Attributed To John Mclean
CIRCA 1790
Height: 52.5" Width: 32" Depth: 20.5"
Inventory Number 8434-535
Price
$38,000
Description
The shelved superstructure with pierced three-quarter brass gallery above an eglomise panel with opposing griffins centering an urn; over a roll top opening to a fitted arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes with pull out leather-lined writing slide and ratcheted reading mechanism; the two satinwood-banded short drawers above ring-turned tapering legs ending in brass caps and castors.