Desk and Bookcase, ca. 1811, Made in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, American, Mahogany, satinwood, maple, verre églomisé, 91 x 72 x 19 1/8 in. (231.1 x 182.9 x 48.6 cm), Furniture, This H-shaped desk and bookcase may be the most unusual example of high-style furniture produced in the Federal period. Its design was inspired by the 'Sister's Cylinder Bookcase,' plate 38 in Thomas Sheraton's 'Cabinet Dictionary' (London, 1803), but the maker substituted a rectangular fall-front desk between the two pedestals for Sheraton's cylindrical one
Keywords:
Desk, Bookcase, ca, 1811, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, American, Mahogany, satinwood, maple, verre églomisé, 91 x 72 19 1/8, 231.1 182.9 48.6 cm, Furniture, H-shaped, desk, bookcase, unusual example, high-style furniture, produced, Federal period, design, inspired, Sister, Cylinder Bookcase, plate 38, Thomas Sheraton, Cabinet Dictionary, London, 1803, maker substituted, rectangular fall-front, two pedestals, Sheraton, cylindrical
Image ID:
The watermark in the image will not appear on the final download.