Virginia Federal Walnut One Drawer Writing Table

Attributed to Petersburg, circa 1800, poplar secondary, the rectangular table featuring a reeded edge to the top board, single flush drawer with scratch bead, applied molded trim to bottom edge of skirt, tall square tapered legs.

29.5 x 29.75 x 17 in.

Private Collection of a Gentleman, Virginia

Direct descent in the Robert Dunn McIlwaine (Lucy Atkinson Pryer of Dinwiddie County, Virginia).

Literature: Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Vol XVIII, #1, p.78, fig. 56 for a related example.

Finished on all sides with walnut back board.

Top reset with plug patches; several shrinkage splits to top board; later drawer guides to inside of case; pull is old and in original hole.