A VICTORIAN GOTHIC OAK WRITING TABLE BASED ON A DESIGN BY A W N PUGIN

A VICTORIAN GOTHIC OAK WRITING TABLE BASED ON A DESIGN BY A W N PUGIN, C1850 fitted with a drawer, the ends carved with the initial M, on octagonal legs united by a pegged stretcher, the sides of the feet carved with a rose, recessed brass castors, the top hinged, 73cm h; 65.5 x 114cmThe writing or library table is similar to others that Pugin supplied to Charles Barry from 1844 onwards for the Palace of Westminster. Another example, by Gillows, is illustrated Cooper (J), Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, 1987, fig 97.