Featured help with walter herbert ? desk

hi guys

hope everyone is doing ok

i got given this desk before all the madness started

the lady no longer wanted it as it is missing something off the top

there is a shallow recess rectangle on top so im guessing it had a leather piece or something

fits well in the spare room so gonna keep it (forgot to take pics when it was free of bits and pieces, but i couldnt resist filling it !)

measures 36 inches by 18 inches

would it be art nouveau or later

theres a faint stamp under 1 drawer, think it reads walter herbert but can find any info online of that company

any info or thoughts appreciated

 

That inlay is lovely . It looks like its in my spare room !

 

It looks like every room in my house!

 

Is that bottom word on the stamp barnstal ? Barnstable ? Id guess its Edwardian ,but thats a guess.

 

When you are able to get it away from the wall. Look on the back to see if a mirror was ever affixed to it. It might actually be a vanity table rather than a desk. Although that is what a lot of vanity tables are now used for.

I think it dates to pre WWI. Hepplewhite style. Mahogany.

@Ghopper1924 @verybrad @James Conrad (confirm Hepplewhite style)

 

and im glad you did, been missing for a while, hope everythings ok with you

 

good spot johnny, i think youre right, barnstaple is only 10 miles from where i live, so thats makes sense

 

And the cross? It looks like it might say Omega Crest?


Found inside the Furniture Gazette of 1892 page 313

FOUND INSIDE - PAGE 313
BusHILL, Frederick John (Madame Bushiix, trading as), Furniture Dealer and Upholsterer, and Fancy Draper, 157, late 155, Old ... First meeting : 16, Wood-street, Bolton, April 1st. ... Herbert, Walter, Furniture Dealer, 4, Cross-street, Barnstaple. London.

https://books.google.com/books?id=z...ert barnstaple furniture and woodwork&f=false

 

great stuff thanks cc

 

Think Hepplewhite works and can also go with Edwardian. Could see how it could be later but think no earlier.

 

beautiful piece!

 

Very nice gift.

 

Agrees on Hepplewhite style, the legs and bellflower inlay.

 

Nice table.........may the force be with it !!!

 

Edwardian for sure

 

No need for me to weigh in at this point , in any case I agree with the above, although I could be convinced that it's newer than 1910-15. I've seen some revival pieces from the 40s with that kind of inlay, although it's not usually this well executed. Nice piece!!

 

Very nice - clean it up and perhaps have the leather replaced with a appropriate piece. It is one of my very favorite styles - which you would know if you could see my house Simple yet elegant!

 

There have been quite a few Hepplewhite revivals over the years, particularly in England. One reason perhaps, after his death his wife published a book with many/most of his designs, smart move by the wife I'd say.

 

great find flip, brilliant