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拍品專文
Vibrant veneer panels and elegant proportions distinguish this lady's secretary and, with its tapering legs, demonstrate one manifestation of fashionable furniture available in Salem at the beginning of the nineteenth century. A hinged mechanism allows the lined writing surface to "unfold", revealing three short drawers further demonstrates the variety of features available to the stylish consumer.
A Lady's desk in the collection of Winterthur Museum (illustrated in Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture, The Federal Period (New York, 1966), pp. 235-236, cat. no. 193) demonstrates a similarly constructed unfolding interior. The profile of the cornice of this example, with its finial plinths connected by sloping "frets," is often seen on North Shore furniture.
A Lady's desk in the collection of Winterthur Museum (illustrated in Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture, The Federal Period (New York, 1966), pp. 235-236, cat. no. 193) demonstrates a similarly constructed unfolding interior. The profile of the cornice of this example, with its finial plinths connected by sloping "frets," is often seen on North Shore furniture.