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A FEDERAL MAHOGANY AND INLAID LADY'S WRITING DESK
NEW YORK, 1790-1810
In two parts: the upper section with rectangular top above a hinged door with inlaid rectangular panels with concave corners, the door opening to a writing surface with fitted interior comprising an upper section over five valanced pigeonholes; the deeper rectangular lower section with mid-molding above a conforming case enclosing a single cockbeaded long drawer, on turned-and-reeded legs with swelled cylindrical feet (patches to veneer)--49in. high, 27 3/4in. wide, 20 1/2in. deep
NEW YORK, 1790-1810
In two parts: the upper section with rectangular top above a hinged door with inlaid rectangular panels with concave corners, the door opening to a writing surface with fitted interior comprising an upper section over five valanced pigeonholes; the deeper rectangular lower section with mid-molding above a conforming case enclosing a single cockbeaded long drawer, on turned-and-reeded legs with swelled cylindrical feet (patches to veneer)--49in. high, 27 3/4in. wide, 20 1/2in. deep
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, January 30, 1986, Lot 537.