Regency metamorphic furniture, library globe that turns into a writing desk. Pitts cabinett globe writing table. Globe 1, open to reveal circular writing desk with quill-pen stand 2 and drawers for papers 3. Ordered by Augusta, Princess of Wales. Named for the statesman, William Pitt, adapted from a George Remington patent and made by Thomas Morgan and Joseph Sanders of Catherine Street, Strand, London, 1810. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from The Upholsterer's and Cabinet-Maker's Repository consisting of seventy-six designs of modern and fashionable furniture, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1830.