A CLASSICAL MAHOGANY VENEERED AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED LINEN PRESS
A CLASSICAL MAHOGANY VENEERED AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED LINEN PRESS

NEW YORK CITY, CIRCA 1815

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A CLASSICAL MAHOGANY VENEERED AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED LINEN PRESS
New York City, circa 1815
In three sections: the upper a rectangular cornice with outset corners centering an applied ormolu mount depicting classical figures with a lion-drawn chariot; the middle with a conforming case fitted with mirrored doors opening to a shelved interior, all flanked by pilasters with scroll-and-leaf decorated brass capitals; the lower with an outset rectangular case fitted with two panelled doors opening to a shelved interior, all flanked by free-standing veneered columns with brass capitals and bases above a conforming base, on leaf-carved animal-paw feet
76¾in. high, 48in. wide, 25in. deep

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