A Quality Victorian Ebonised and Marquetry Inlaid Davenport

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A Quality Victorian Ebonised and Marquetry Inlaid DavenportOrigin: English Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 32 inches Width: 21 inches Depth: 21 inches With a lidded stationary box, fitted with compartments in boxwood for papers, wax, inkwells, and a pen tray, above a hinged writing slope, inset with a gilt tooled leather writing surface, flanked by amboyna and satinwood marquetry inlaid panels. The slope opens to a strikingly blond satinwood interior, offering storage for important

Britain's Royal National Lifeboat Institution started using life preservers in Victorian times

safe passage back from Calais to London

Afghan Zieglers have proved to be one of the most popular hand woven rugs of recent times

Exceptionally well drawn

were originally woven indoors on large vertical looms

but by the middle of the next century William Morris (1834-1896)

this second edition hardcover is a rare copy

They also had premises at Leadenhall Street in London from 1888-1914 and also at Kings Road in Brighton from 1894

A glorious celebration of design and colour

that of which have been popular in England for some time and rightly so

and the motifs are its stars

energy and charm in capturing the body