Details
A FEDERAL MAPLE DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
In two parts: the upper section with arched shaped pediment surmounted by urn-turned finials above a molded cornice over two glazed doors with gothic mullions opening to an interior fitted with two shelves; the lower section, with outset rounded corners above a case fitted with a cockbeaded butler's drawer opening to a writing surface over two panelled cupboard doors flanked by ring-turned and reeded engaged colonettes, on swelled tapering feet
73½in. high, 32in. wide, 15½in. deep
In two parts: the upper section with arched shaped pediment surmounted by urn-turned finials above a molded cornice over two glazed doors with gothic mullions opening to an interior fitted with two shelves; the lower section, with outset rounded corners above a case fitted with a cockbeaded butler's drawer opening to a writing surface over two panelled cupboard doors flanked by ring-turned and reeded engaged colonettes, on swelled tapering feet
73½in. high, 32in. wide, 15½in. deep
Provenance
The Joseph P. Levy collection of American Furntiure, Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 2, 1960, lot 525