A Victorian burr walnut pedestal desk by T.H.Filmer & Sons

The rectangular moulded top with later black leather and gilt writing surface above a frieze drawer flanked by four short graduated drawers and a plinth base, with castors, with brass label to interior of drawer 'T.H.FILMER & SONS, CABINET UPHOLSTERY, BEDDING & CARPET MANUFACTORY, 28,32 & 34 BERNER'S ST OXFORD ST, LONDON W.' 121cm wide, 67cm deep, 76cm high.



Thomas Henry Filmer is first listed as a cabinet-maker, upholsterer and appraiser at 34 Berner's Street, London in 1835 (see C.Glibert and Geoffrey Beard, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, London, 1986, p.299). See also Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, p.28 & p.206, fig.351 which illustrates a teapoy by Filmer now in the collection of the V&A.