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Lot 224
Description:
An American Modern Gothic Walnut and Ebonized Bookcase, late 19th c., Philadelphia, stepped case with block finials continuing to turned and incised colonnettes, four arched glazed doors, adjustable shelf interior, conforming base, retains brass strap hinges, height 62 1/4 in., width 82 1/2 in., depth 14 in.
- Notes: Note: A number of design elements on this cabinet relate to Frank Furness (1839-1912) and Christopher Dresser (1834-1904), notable designers in the Modern Gothic taste with Philadelphia associations. Furness, a principal in the forward-looking Philadelphia architecture firm Furness and Hewitt, designed furniture and interiors for the Roosevelt townhouse in New York, among others. Dresser lectured in Philadelphia in conjunction with the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, deeply influencing Philadelphia cabinet makers. The chamfered, incised and beaded stiles on this bookcase are very similar to those on the well known Furness library desk, now conserved by the Philadelphia Museum of Art (acc. 74.224.1 The distinctive serrated leaf pattern incised on the blocked area of the stiles is from Dresser's 1873 Principals of Decorative Design, fig. 61 used on a walnut bed suite by Daniel Pabst (Philadelphia, 1826-1910) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (acc. 75.42.1-3) and on a pair of pedestals attributed to Pabst sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 134 on January 30, 2010.
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