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Fine mahogany partners' desk stamped HOLLAND & SONS, rectangular top with tooled leather inset, above an arrangement of seven drawers on each side, one drawer with maker`s stamp, reeded turned tapering legs, brass caps and castors. The desk is stamped by HOLLAND & SONS twice, the stamp to one drawer is quite faint and slightly less so to the other drawer. Beneath the kneehole section there is a stamp with a crown above initial 'G R' and 'V' below. This would indicate a strong possibility that the desk was in the Royal Collection during the reigns of George IV and Victoria.

*Holland and Sons were among the most distinguished furniture producers of the Victorian period. Founded in 1803 by William Holland, they became Holland and Sons in 1843 and were granted the Royal Warrant early in Victoria`s reign. By 1851, the firm employed 351 men, working on commissions for Osborne House, Balmoral, Sandringham and Windsor as well as for London clubs and the British Museum. The firm remained under family control until 1942 when it ceased trading; their archives are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum.