AN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT PORCELAIN AND BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT FALL-FRONT DESK

ATTRIBUTED TO KIMBEL AND CABUS (W. 1862-1882), NEW YORK CITY, 1875-82

Details

AN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT PORCELAIN AND BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT FALL-FRONT DESK
Attributed to Kimbel and Cabus (w. 1862-1882), New York City, 1875-82
With Minton tiles, marked on the reverse
56¾ in. high, 46¼ in. wide, 14½ in. deep

Provenance

Margot Johnson Gallery, New York, NY

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

A piece with the identical structure but without the tiles and numbered 364, is listed in a Kimbel and Cabus trade catalogue, showing pieces dating from 1875 to 1900, located in the library of the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum. A closely related piece is featured in Anna Tobin D'Ambrosio, Masterpieces of American Furniture from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (New York, 1999), p. 124.

More from Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Prints and Decoys

View All