Pitt's Cabinet Globe Writing-Table of 1810

Cabinet Globe Writing-Table Loretta reports:

Looking into catalogs of early 19th century furniture, I’m always struck by the number of multi-purpose items. We’ve shown some of these articles in previous posts. ( Here ,   here ,  here , and here are some examples.)

For me, Pitt’s Cabinet Globe Writing-Table epitomizes this “high degree of ingenuity ... displayed by British artists,” as well as the “ elegance and usefulness ” so highly prized in the time before Form Follows Function and Less Is More.

Sometimes I wonder whether less is simply less.

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