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Order LM–48219
Thursday 19 March 2026, 10:00–14:00

Clara,

It was signed out at half past seven by Ellen Ward, who made it, and collected an hour later by Bishop & Grey. The crate is walnut from the same boards as the carcass. Two handlers will bring it into the flat, set it where you want it, and level the feet. They are booked until it is right, not until the van is empty.

You asked for Thursday 19 March, between 10:00 and 14:00. That window is held. They will telephone from the Embankment about half an hour out. If the day has become impossible, change it before noon on Wednesday. After that the crate is loaded, and a second visit is a new arrangement.

The order

Pounds sterling. Line amounts exclude VAT.

ITEM	QTY	AMOUNT
The Cloth Fair writing table English walnut, 140 × 70 cm. Number 214, made by Ellen Ward. Hand-cut dovetails, two oak-lined drawers, unlacquered brass.	1	£6,200.00
Fitted blotter Cognac hide, cut to the well and left unglued, so it can be lifted and replaced without disturbing the timber.	1	£220.00
Subtotal		£6,420.00
White-glove delivery		Included
VAT at 20%		£1,284.00
Total paid		£7,704.00

Paid on 2 March 2026, Visa ending 4412. Keep this letter. It is the receipt.

Where it is going

Clara Voss
The Garden Flat
18 Cheyne Walk
London SW3 5RA
United Kingdom

The handlers have this, and a line we added: black iron gate, left of the main steps, bell marked Voss. If any of that is wrong, tell us before Wednesday.

Dispatch and arrival

How it travels

Bishop & Grey, on a white-glove desk rather than a pallet network. One crate, 28 kilograms, marked LM–48219 on two faces. They have the number you gave us, and they will not ask you to take an end. We collect the empty crate on Tuesday 24 March, in the morning. Nothing to book.

When it arrives

Keep it off the radiator, and out of the sun on the garden side, for a week. The brass is bare. It will dull, then settle. A cloth is in the left drawer; wax once before winter is enough, and more than that smears. If a drawer swells, it is the room. Do not force it. Write to us, and Ellen Ward will see it herself.

Before Wednesday at noon

After that the crate is loaded, and moving the window means a second visit.

Confirm the Thursday window

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Lorne Mercer Ltd

Cloth Fair Workshop
14 Cloth Fair
London EC1A 7JQ
United Kingdom

Registered in England and Wales, No. 08421933.
VAT GB 294 1182 07.
Telephone 020 7946 0124

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