late-classical-american-dressing-bureau
Lot 445
Late Classical American Dressing Bureau
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1840, att. to Baltimore, MD, high grade mahogany veneers and mahogany; yellow pine, white pine and poplar secondary woods; multi-part form, central oval swivel mirror flanked by two cabinets with shelved interior and glazed doors above two dresser drawers to each side, surmounted by a crest with applied cartouche and veneered frieze with central stylized ribbon molding, the base with molded marble frontispiece above two beveled side-by-side drawers above three graduated long drawers with crotched mahogany veneers, paneled sides, stylized ogee bracket feet with spur.

87.5 x 49.5 x 20.5 in.

The Prussing Estate

Later glass to cabinet doors; molding break and loss to top shelf abutting marble; cut and patch to original right and left front feet; other minor cut and repairs and veneer losses; later bracing to rear surround of mirror; missing one wooden drawer pull.