A Victorian carved oak partner`s desk, circa 1855, designed by A.W.N. Pugin and made by Gillowswith a replaced inset leather top, fitted with eight pedestal drawers and one long drawer above the knee-hole, with linen-fold panelling, the long drawer stamped Gillows and L 170274.5cm. high, 162.5cm. wide, 80.5cm. deep; 2ft. 5¼in., 5ft. 4in., 2ft. 7⅓in.品相: Generally good condition and ready to place with typical old marks, scuffs and scratches. Of pleasing proportions. With later glazed top. Leather top with scuffs and marks."In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby`s is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."来源: Acquired from H. Blairman & Sons, London, 1983.来源3: COMPARATIVE LITERATUREP. Atterbury and C. Wainwright, Pugin: A Gothic Passion, New Haven, 1994, p.233;P. Atterbury, ed., A.W.N. Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival, New Haven, 1995;J. Cooper, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors; From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau, London, 1998, p.45;C. Gere and M. Whiteway, Nineteenth-century Design from Pugin to Mackintosh, London, 1993, pp.54-55;M. H. Port, The Houses of Parliament, p. 293, fig. 194.This desk model, as Jeremy Cooper notes, was produced by Gillows throughout the 1850s and ‘60s for general sale, precisely because it was one of the “plainer” designs at the Palace of Westminster and better suited to ordinary domestic life. Through the popular dissemination of the desk used by the Prime Minister himself into the houses of the everyman, the social, moral and civic values associated with the Neo-Gothic style were able to filter downwards into the life of the nation more broadly.Variations on this design can be found in several rooms within the Palace of Westminster, but the present lot corresponds to inventory number POW 05413. The desk is clearly visible in a photograph of the Prime Minister’s Room taken circa 1905 that belongs to the Farmer Collection in the House of Lords Record Office. For one of Pugin’s more elaborate variations on this pedestal desk form, compare inv. POW 10133, originally made for the House of Lords Library.