O’REILLYS Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver Auction Starting 13th July 2022 at 1pm

7 ANTIQUEWRITING DESKS The earliest writing desks were called bureaus, they were usually sloped writing surfaces which could fold out using a hinged mechanism and initially the sloped surface would rest on pillar legs.While these were practical and saved space when it was needed there was soon a need for a more permanent purpose-made writing desk. In the 1690’s furniture makers began to fuse the design of the chest of drawers with the writing slope so that the lower half would often consist of two short over two long drawers and the fold out slope which sat on a pull out stand.These are probably the most common style of antique desks and still appear regularly for sale at auction and in antique shops. Lot 562 TIMED ONLINE AUCTION OF FINE JEWELLERY, WATCHES & SILVER • WEDNESDAY, 13th JULY 2022 AT 1PM