- Brief description
- Desk and chair from Charles Dickens's study at Gad's Hill Place
- Label
- This mahogany pedestal writing desk and walnut and fruitwood smoker's armchair were purchased by Charles Dickens in 1859 and used in the study of his home in Gad's Hill Place, Kent until his death in 1870. It was on this desk that Dickens would have penned portions of novels such as Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, A Tale of Two Cities, and the unfinished Mystery of Edwin Drood. It is on display in the study at the Charles Dickens Museum.
- Collection
- object
- Object number
- DH105
- Object type
- desk
chair
chair seat - Production date
- 1845-1870
- Credit line
- Purchased with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Dickens Fellowship.
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