Bookcase, 1835–50, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Mahogany, pine, 91 1/4 x 49 x 27 3/8 in. (231.8 x 124.5 x 69.5 cm), Furniture, The overlay of Gothic tracery, trefoils, and cluster columns on this otherwise classical bookcase reveals the emerging interest in the Gothic Revival style in New York beginning in the mid-1830s. The lower section, with its scroll support, door arrangement, and ogee-molded drawer, follows the design of a sideboard illustrated in the New York cabinetmaker Joseph Meeks’s broadside advertisement of 1833
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Bookcase, 1835–50, New York, United States, American, Mahogany, pine, 91 1/4 x 49 27 3/8, 231.8 124.5 69.5 cm, Furniture, overlay, Gothic tracery, trefoils, cluster columns, otherwise classical, bookcase, reveals, emerging interest, Revival, style, mid-1830s, lower section, scroll support, door arrangement, ogee-molded drawer, follows, design, sideboard illustrated, cabinetmaker, Joseph, Meeks, broadside, advertisement, 1833
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