A carved mahogany twin pedestal partner's desk in George III style, late 19th/early 20th century, after the design by Thomas Chippendale for Nostell Priory, the rectangular top with a green tooled leather inset, above a frieze drawer to each long side, the pedestals enclosed by paneled doors enclosing an arrangement of divisions to one side and opposing drawers, with applied moulded decorated throughout, 82cm high, 203cm wide, 128cm wide Provenance: Property from a Private Collection The original desk was supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Nostell Priory, Yorkshire. It was the most expensive item supplied to Nostell and is best described in his own terms as described in his original accounts as 'a large mahogany library table of very fine wood with drawers within on one side and partitions on the other, with terms of ditto carvd & ornamented with Lions' heads & paws & the top covered with black leather, & the whole completely finishd in the most elegant taste - £72.10'.