Veneered Slant-Front Desk British, 18th century, highly figured veneers, fitted desk interior with prospect door and seven drawers, 37-1/4 x 27 x 21-1/4 in., brasses and hinges replaced, restorations and repairs to feet (later paint to underside and backboards), scattered veneer losses, patches and repairs, two interior drawers replaced, other possible restorations. Provenance: Late Miss C. C. Tailby, Sotheby & Co., London, January 19, 1968, lot 213; Property of a Pennsylvania Family brasses and hinges replaced, restorations and repairs to feet (later paint to underside and backboards), scattered veneer losses, patches and repairs, two interior drawers replaced, other possible restorations