A George III Black Japanned & Chinoiserie Decorated Kneehole Desk c.1790 sub-Curios hands and fingers of pressed

hands and fingers of pressed card and wood with pull off heads

last being offered at Sotheby’s London on August 27th

which included the German Kaiser in 1895

Retaining a childlike innocence and charm

A George III Black Japanned & Chinoiserie Decorated Kneehole Desk c.1790 sub-Curios hands and fingers of pressedOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: From a West Coast of Scotland Lodge Date: c. 1790 Height: 29 Width: 34 Depth: 21. 5 (all at top) The eighteenth century black japanned thick pine carcass kneehole desk of diminutive size, having a rectangular top above a long frieze drawer and arched recess with cupboard door, flanked by banks of three drawers, and raised on bracket feet, decorated throughout with gilt and polychrome Chinoiserie