An Early 20thC Italian Polychrome Painted Pedestal Centre Desk c.1920 sub-Macabre- Medicine It was one of the

It was one of the few occasions when Bruce Ismay would journey by car because he disliked motoring so much

The well patinated sycamore board has no signs of loss or infestation and the glass is neither chipper nor cracked whilst the carvings to the edges are worn

It was introduced while the daguerreotype was still popular

A veritable hamlet of wonderful figures that instantly light up any surface as a group

An Early 20thC Italian Polychrome Painted Pedestal Centre Desk c.1920 sub-Macabre- Medicine It was one of theOrigin: North ItalianPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1920Height: 30 (the kneehole at 24)Width: 59Depth: 30 (all at extremities)The beautiful polychrome painted pedestal desk, the decoration in the late eighteenth century neoclassical manner and the shape and form of the late nineteenth century, in an ivory coloured ground, the top painted with a central harbour scene within cornucopia and italianate foliate black tablets, the flanks