Lot 799
A Rare American Gothic Walnut and Gilt Incised Slant Front Desk, mid 19th century, Philadelphia, rectangular top above the hinged slant lid inset with a deeply molded Gothicized burl veneered panel, having a finely constructed cherrywood and cedar interior of drawers, niches and writing surface, the whole raised on Gothic buttressed trestle supports, height 40in., width 51in., depth 19.5in. E3000-5000 Note: This example is related to furniture commissioned by Nicholas Biddle for a Gothic Revival cottage at Andalusia, employing cusped arches and other architectonic Gothic detail. See The Gothic Revival Style in America, 1830-1870, exhibition catalog of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, nos. 8, 9, 93, 183
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