Those bedsteads given in the antique fish knives and forks mother of pearl service for 12 Drawing Book were for the english 17th century, chest chippendale most part of an exceptional nature and by no means provided a reliable indication of any type in popular use; allowing his fancy free rein, Sheraton exhibited such articles [...]

The oval library table which possessed the victorian mahogany mirror back credenza merit of having ‘already been executed for the settles and settees virginia Duke of York, excepting the antique 1940 czech china set desk-drawers added as an improvement’, was to be made of mahogany, with the 1880’s lion’s paw and ball table decorative parts [...]

DESKS: KNEEHOLE
Kneehole desks were made in the 18th century about 1700`s-1780`s
Mahogany kneehole desk with bracket feet about 1760-1770,
A small and attractive piece, originally devised as a dressing-table, not a desk, but in appearance like a chest of drawers with a central recessed kneehole space backed by a cupboard. Occasionally a hinged top, lifting to reveal [...]