Of George II style, the lobed rectangular top with three inset black leather panels above a frieze drawer and two tiers of four graduated drawers flanked by lion's mask foliate volutes continuing to paw feet, the reverse fitted with a sham frieze drawer centered by two drawers above a pair of concave doors carved with trailing flowerheads on a plinth base edged with foliage, stamped H. SAMUEL 484 OXFORD STREET LONDON H. SAMUEL to underside of frieze drawer
30³⁄₈ in. (77 cm.) high, 66¹⁄₂ in. (169 cm.) wide, 33¹⁄₄ in. (84.5 cm.) deep

By repute, the Grosvenor family.
Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1993, lot 129.

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This impressive desk is based on a design for a ‘Library Table’ in Thomas Chippendale’s celebrated and influential pattern book The Gentlemen’s & Cabinet-Maker’s Director, plate LXXX in the 1762 edition.

The firm of H. Samuel was active as a ‘dealer in works of art’ in the late 19th century and was recorded at 484 Oxford Street from 1898-1900.