Lot 313
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A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY DESK-AND-BOOKCASE

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A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
ATTRIBUTED TOJOHN MEADS AND WILLIAM ALVORD (WORKING TOGETHER, CIRCA 1824-1835), ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1825-1835

In two parts: the upper section with the projecting molded cornice above a conforming case fitted with a beaded edge frieze over two glazed cupboard doors with acanthus-carved mullions above a frieze fitted with two short drawers over mid-molding; the lower section with slant-lid opening to a fitted baized-lined surface fitted with two graduated long drawers over acanthus-carved supports joined by a shaped medial shelf, on short acanthus-carved legs and bun feet--83 ¼in. high, 51in. wide, 25 ½in. deep

Lot Essay

A related example,now in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art was sold in these rooms, October 21, 1989, lot 291 and is illustrated in Wendy Cooper Clasical Taste in America 1800-1840 (New York, 1993) p. 213, fig. 169.