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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY DESK AND BOOKCASE
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1800-1810
In two parts: the upper section with three brass ball-and-spire finials, the center finial surmounted by an eagle above a down-swept pediment centering a rectangular reserve over two glazed cupboard doors; the lower section with hinged writing flap above four graduated long drawers with cockbeaded surrounds over a shaped apron, on flaired French feet--79in. high, 39¼in. wide, 19 5/8in. deep
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1800-1810
In two parts: the upper section with three brass ball-and-spire finials, the center finial surmounted by an eagle above a down-swept pediment centering a rectangular reserve over two glazed cupboard doors; the lower section with hinged writing flap above four graduated long drawers with cockbeaded surrounds over a shaped apron, on flaired French feet--79in. high, 39¼in. wide, 19 5/8in. deep