Fantastic solid mahogany partners flat top desk
Price: $16,950.00
Circa: 1880
Dimensions: 31.5″H x 59″W x 34″D
Finish: Good original on base. Top was refinished by a previous owner
Fantastic solid mahogany partners flat top desk. This incredible desk has a detailed carving around the top edge. The surface has a small gouge on the right side. The base has some of the best carvings we have ever seen on a desk. There are four full bodied men on each side. The two front doors have a carved woman holding a wreath (or tambourine) surrounded by carvings.
The center drawer has a lion head in the middle with winged griffins on each side. The side panels feature a very three dimensional depiction of a woman in a horse drawn chariot and a man in the background. When the doors open in the front of the desk they reveal two fitted drawers on the right and a file on the left. Both the front and the back of the desk are identical except the file on one side has horizontal slats and the other one (pictured) has vertical slats.
The desk structure rests on eight carved round legs. They end on a platform with a carved edge. The flat platform on the right side has some veneer wrinkles. It might have been made by R. J. Horner, NYC but since we have never seen this model before we have no way to attribute it to that firm.
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