Lachlan Macquarie:
Portable Writing Desk [1805]
Style: Campaign Furniture.
Description: Mahogany writing desk, cedar-lined with brass mounts and fittings.
Size: 20cm x 51cm x 25.5cm.
Maker: Elizabeth Elvey.
Purchased by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, with funds provided by the Macquarie Bank Foundation, 2002. Collection of the Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House, a property of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.
Further details: What Is Campaign Furniture?
Writing Desk Site Map
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Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.
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