Lot 221
An American Late Federal Inlaid Mahogany Cylinder Desk, early 19th c., Baltimore, the eagle inlaid cylinder lid enclosing a fitted interior with arched niche, inlaid drawers and pull out baize lined writing surface, three drawers below, shaped apron, "French" feet; "estate" condition, height 49 3/4 in., width 44 3/4 in., depth 22 1/2 in. Note: An c. 1810 inlaid mahogany desk with similar cylinder top, eagle inlay and feet and apron to the lot offered here is in the Antiquarian Society Collection and illustrated as a "Masterpiece" example in Sack. The New Points of Furniture: Early American p. 164 A miniature cylinder desk from Maryland or Pennsylvania with similar shell inlay, cylinder top, shaped skirt and feet to those on this lot is part of the Winterthur collection (acc. 58.2057). A Baltimore inlaid mahogany table with nearly identical skirt and foot configuration to those seed here is conserved by the Maryland Historical Society (acc.79.46.8) Reference: Montgomery. American Furniture of the Federal Period. p. 238, fig 197 Weidman. Furniture in Maryland 1740-1940 p. 135, fig. 95.
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