An Early 20thC Chinoiserie Lacquer Decorated & Painted Kneehole Desk c.1900-10

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An Early 20thC Chinoiserie Lacquer Decorated & Painted Kneehole Desk c.1900-10Origin: English Period: Edwardian Provenance: The Estate of Mrs Valerie Lilleywhite Date: c. 1900 10 Height: 29. 25 Width: 49 Depth: 22 (all at top) The very pretty Chinoiserie lacquered and gold painted desk, decorated all over in low relief with typical chinoiserie scenes, each panel being black bordered, with three drawers above two pedestal doors to each flank, the whole raised on black painted bun turned feet, surviving from the zeniths of the

was originally mentioned in the Domesday Book and became part of the Trentham Estate of the Duke of Sutherland in the nineteenth century

It is great that they are a pair which is rarely seen

being compartmentalised with recessed carrying handles and applied pine and iron Christian Cross to its top with paper label image of Jesus Christ to the interior with a further applied label reading ‘Oh Lord Be Thou My Guide’

decorative or filmic effect

shown in the midst of an advance toward a generously filled ceramic basin full of lettuce leaves

Head Height: 9 inches (without handle)

The good quality heavy bronze cast figure

with its unusual flat-topped stopper would have carried an essential oil or perfume

‘Temptation’ mounted on thick period card

As for Britain itself in 1902

Height: 16” (with ceiling rose)

Johannesburg

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