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Lot 1097

Federal Inlaid Mahogany Tambour Writing Desk and Bookcase

Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Mid-Atlantic, early 19th century, mahogany, mahogany veneer, poplar and white pine secondary, three part form, three urn turned finials, the frieze with diamond line inlays, two hinged bookcase doors with individual glass panes, louvered shelf interior, set over a two tambour door cabinet with central prospect door with divided interior and single drawer, the tambour doors open to reveal two drawers over pigeon holes to each sides, hinged writing slope with loper supports, brown baize writing surface, the lower case with three flush banded inlay drawers, straight tapered legs with repeating line inlays.

83 x 39.5 x 18.75 in.

Later finials; later glass panes; later interior shelves; later baize; later pulls in the original holes; lower drawers with veneer patches.