A Regency Mahogany Writing Desk in the Manner of Thomas Hope c.1805-10 sub-Art & Sculpture or slippers

or slippers

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in distressed and wonderfully evocative condition

A Regency Mahogany Writing Desk in the Manner of Thomas Hope c.1805-10 sub-Art & Sculpture or slippersOrigin: EnglishPeriod: RegencyProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1805 10Height: 33Width: 30Depth: 26 (all at extremities)The handsome and boldy drawn Regency period mahogany gentleman's writing desk, in two sections and in the manner of Thomas Hope (1769 1831) and the Egyptian revival, the hinged writing slope having the original distressed tooled Morocco leather writing surface above a single oak lined and cockbeaded drawer fitted with patinated brass