Circa 1800, probably Pennsylvania, poplar secondary, interior with divided and drawered compartments featuring a hinged prospect door with drawered interior which pulls out to reveal two hidden document drawers within a dovetailed case, over four graduated and cock beaded drawers raised on French bracket feet.

45 x 40 x 21.5 in.

From the Collection of the late Mr. Robert Leroy Shalkop, Salisbury, North Carolina After serving in the US Army in WWII, Robert Shalkop studied at Maryville College in Tennessee before earning his Master of Arts at the University of Chicago and then pursuing postgraduate work at the Sorbonne in Paris. He was an archeologist, curator, and assistant director for several institutions including the Smithsonian Institution, the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery in Memphis, TN, and the Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. He served as director of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art from 1972 until his retirement in 1987. Mr. Shalkop then moved to Salisbury, NC where he offered his expertise as a museum consultant. The range of items presented in this auction display the depth and breadth of Mr. Shalkop's collecting interests.

Restoration throughout; later hinges; later metal clasp for lid lock; later pulls; breaks and repairs to feet; later metal bracing to back of feet.