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Lot 396
Description:
An American "House of Representatives" Carved Oak Desk, c. 1856, stenciled label "Doe Hazelton & Co., Manufacturers, Boston, Mass", after the design by Thomas Ustick Walter, gallery centered by a Federal crest, cantilevered top with lidded pen well, hinged, slanted writing surface with drawer, carved back with star shields flanking a lattice screen, trestle base, scroll feet, later surface, height 36 in., width 30 in., depth 21 1/2 in.
- Notes: Note: This desk follows a design by Thomas Ustick Walter for the House of Representatives Chamber in use after 1857 Desks in the chamber were of two forms, a two compartment desk and a single seat desk such as the lot featured here. Chairs for the chamber had already been ordered from the Bembe and Kimbel firm of New York when Montgomery Meigs, who supervised the construction of the wings and dome of the Capitol from 1853 to 1859, sent drawings of the Bembe and Kimbel chairs to the Doe Hazelton firm of Boston for construction of the accompanying desks. The esks were in use until 1873 when they were gifted or sold to Congressmen. An illustration of the House Chamber during the passage of the 13th Constitutional Amendment abolishing slavery prominently featuring a desk like this in the foreground was published in the March 1865 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated News. Reference: http://www.rarevictorian.com
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