Queen Anne Style Walnut Lady's Desk with Drawers

• Figured - A descriptive term to describe the patterns in the grain of timber. An object may be described as "well figured" or "highly figured" if the grain on a section of the object is highly patterned, as with flame mahogany or burr walnut.
• Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.
• Knee - The curved top of a cabriole leg, often carved.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• desks, period or age
  • Queen Anne style 8
  • Victorian 420
• desks, style or type
  • kneehole 49
  • ladies 90