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A Victorian calamander and mahogany crossbanded kidney shaped desk in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster, the desk retains its original tooled leather top above a frieze with three drawers each pedestal has a further four drawers below. The reverse has adjustable shelves for books. The whole supported on a plinth base.
Provenance:
The Longton family, Heathwold Stud, Burghclere, Berkshire.
This kidney desk came from the Longton family. The Heathwold Stud had been a two hundred acre farm and was transformed by the outstanding horsewoman and personality Ann Jenkins. Recruited from nearby Foxford House Stud in 1959 by Elizabeth Longton, Jenkins spent forty five years building and developing the farm into the successful stud it is today. A photograph of the Irish mare Silver Aster taken in 1966 was found in the desk. From Silver Aster was bred Sovereign Patu who became the second leading sire in England in 1970 and won four stakes including Lockinge and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.