George Walton. Arts & Crafts Walnut Desk with Secret Drawers & Heart Escutcheons
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George Walton
A rare and important Arts and Crafts walnut desk almost identical to the desk Walton designed in 1898 for Sidney Leetham for the morning room in Elm Bank, a major interior commission in York, England.
The overhanging top has a central arched cupboard with twin heart escutcheons on the S-shaped drawer fronts, flanked by hidden upstanding conforming drawers that lock when the cupboard doors are shut. The four drawers to the upper section have dream ivorene plastic rectangular inlays and brass drop handles.
The original leather writing area has a secret pen compartment to the right-hand side. The central lower drawer has a shaped apron below and is flanked by deeper compartmental drawers with skirt-shaped brass escutcheon. The whole is on slender tapering legs, and to the back there discreetly sits an ingenious secondary work station with a drop-down leather writing area with files. With the desk positioned against the wall, it might become a place to hide treasured objects.
Provenance:With The Fine Art Society in 1989.
Width: 52.5 in (133.35 cm)
Depth: 32 in (81.28 cm)
1890-1899
