Object Description
A fine 19th century antique kingwood end support library desk, the top veneered in bookmatched veneers, with two drawers and two dummies on the back, standing on solid kingwood turned pedestal legs with stretchers.
Antique William IV Kingwood End Support Library Desk
Kingwood is a classic antique furniture wood, almost exclusively used for inlays on very fine furniture. It was the most expensive wood in general use for furniture making in the seventeenth century, at which time it was known as Princes wood.