Lot 43 , A Fergus Lane miniature Georgian style roll top desk, bureau 9.5in.
A Fergus Lane miniature Georgian style roll top desk, with tambour shutter, a Georgian style folding card table, a Georgian gentleman's dressing table and a mahogany cylinder bureau, bureau 9.5in.
Estimate £100-150
The following lots of miniature furniture are from a private local collection of pieces made by Sir Fergus Lane of Henfield, Sussex.
All pieces have functioning parts, the tambour desk has a pop-up flank of pigeon holes which is lacking one drawer and the back of one drawer, one handle is tambour is lacking, the cylinder on the 2nd desk is a little stiff and has cracking to the veneer, the mirror on the dressing table is difficult to adjust the easel support.
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Sold for £480