Kajsa and Nils Strinning wall unit for string, components in teak veneer with grey enamelled steel supports. Includes two desks, 14 shelves and five supports. Sweden, designed 1949, 216 cm high, 320 cm wide, 59 cm deep
A superb George III inlaid mahogany serpentine-sided partners-desk, attributable to Thomas Shearer, English, circa 1780. Provenance: Sand Hutton Hall, near York. UK. The Estate of the late Major Sir Robert James Milo Walker, Bart. Middlethorpe Lodge, previ
Vintage German Buschow & Beck school playset, seven celluloid children with teacher, wooden desks, toilet and accessories/props together with constructional toy gym set
Louis XVI style canape, c. 1900, carved and grey painted frame, pale pink and light gold floral upholstery, height 93 cm, width 180 cm, depth 70 cm. Provenance: house of desks, Sydney. The Collection of Alan James and Jenny Fletcher, Sydney
Late Victorian leather swivel desk chair, in mahogany, with a curved back and arms terminating to carved acanthus motifs, above a covered and upholstered seat on support on splayed legs on casters. Purchased: the house of desks, 1998
A French oak twin pedestal desk, late 19th century, with a solid timber top above two drawers with linen fold carved details, leather covered panels to the pedestal doors with brass stud details and twin, fielded panels to the sides, raised on impressive s
A carved huanghuali portable table cabinet, Guanpixiang Qing dynasty, the hinged canted cover lifting to reveal a shallow compartment over a pair of panelled doors, each carved in relief with a stylised flower spray of a single bloom with leafy scrollwork
Victorian mahogany Dickens desk, c. 1850, the galleried back flanked by two banks of drawers above a three section leather inset top, over a frieze fitted with three drawers, raised on two pedestals, each pedestal featuring three short drawers, height 107