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Dickens Desk, Antique Walnut Desk, Slant Front Desk, 1880, Antiques, B1241

$2,950List Price

About the Item

Dickens desk, antique walnut desk, slant front desk, England 1880, antique furniture, B1241 England 1875 Solid walnut Original finish Topped with central spindled gallery Flanked by two flights of four small drawers Secured with locking bars Center writing surface is sloped Opens to interior fitted with various compartments Two frieze drawers above Pair of pedestals with drawers ending on plinth base Separates into three pieces for easy shipping Very nice example of a Victorian walnut dickens desk $2950 B1241 Measures: 58" W x 29" D x 45" H. Some History of the Dickens Desk used by Charles Dickens The dickens desk where Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations and his final, unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood has been saved for the nation. The Charles Dickens Museum in London has been given a grant of more than £780,000 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) to buy the desk and chair which he used in his final home, Gad's Hill Place in Kent. They had been passed down through the Dickens family after the author's death in 1870 but were auctioned for the Great Ormond Street Charitable Trust in 2004. Since then, the furniture where Dickens sat to write Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend and The Mystery of Edwin Drood has been in private ownership, and could have been sold at public auction if it had not been secured with the grant from the NHMF. The dickens desk and chair, which were made famous in two paintings begun the year he died, the Empty Chair by Luke Fildes and Dickens' Dream by RW Buss, are already on display at the Charles Dickens Museum at the author's former home in London. Carole Souter, chief executive of the NHMF, said: "Charles Dickens is one of the UK's celebrated literary figures, whose stories and characters mean he is as popular today as he was in his lifetime. "It's exciting news that visitors to his London home can continue to enjoy the unique opportunity to see the very desk at which some of his most famous works were created.".

Dimensions:
Height: 45 in (114.3 cm)Width: 58 in (147.32 cm)Depth: 29 in (73.66 cm)
Style:
Victorian (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Walnut,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
Scotland
Period:
1870-1879
Date of Manufacture:
1875
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Vancouver, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: B12411stDibs: LU911313118071

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