Lady's Desk, Walnut, Slant Front, circa 1790's

Walnut slant-front one-drawer Lady's Desk,Provincial or Colonial French Louis XVI style, circa 1790's

SIZE : height 38" x 26-1/2" x closed depth 16"

Pegged construction

primary wood : walnut
secondary woods : satinwood or related light color interior drawer fronts outlined in ebony stringing
inlays : ebony stringing

Fall board : shaped & outlined in ebony stringing, opens with key.

One rectangular long drawer below fall board, opens on key, wreath escutcheon, drawer front with ebony stringing

Hardware : two bowknot & wreath cast brass keyhole escutcheons, matching. Fall front and drawer retain old, probably original, locks.

Interior : 4 drawers, aligned in pairs, each pair stepped back below an open shelf. pairs are separated & flanked by shaped divider/supports.

Legs : straight tapered, with distinctive stop-fluting,in tight pattern of grains (or braiding) above continued fluting. Front pair fully carved four sides; back pair match on three sides, but are flat on back.


# mbs................................... $ 2,900.