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CLICK ON IMAGES FOR DETAIL 02-02-99 American bookcase in the Gothic taste. Mahogany and choice figured mahogany veneers on Northern white pine. The projecting ogee cornice is mounted above a crotch mahogany veneered entablature, over two glazed doors featuring gothic arch mullions. The interior is fitted with adjustable shelves. The bookcase is set back on a paneled double door cabinet which repeats the gothic arch in the panel frame. New York circa 1835. |
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10-19-2000F American Hepplewhite bow front chest of four graduated drawers constructed of mahoganized white birch, with top edge and base inlaid with mahogany cross banding, interrupted by a distinctive sap streak set between contrasting lines of light wood stringing. The case rests on high French bracket feet joined by a deeply scalloped apron. The cock beaded drawers are mounted with period brass oval back plates and cast bail drawer pulls in their original borings. Eastern white pine and ash secondary woods. The shellac finish has been cleaned and polished. Overall dimensions: 42"W x 21-/2"D x 36"H. Northern New England, circa 1800. |
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Mahogany breakfront bookcase with glazed doors over a base cabinet of a divided long drawer over four cabinet doors. The glazing is divided by carved parallel horizontal mullions and fine beaded vertical mullions. The base doors are frame and panel with carving applied to the panels. The breakfront is fitted with a cove cornice and rests on a molding base. England, second quarter 1800s. Overall width: 90", depth: 20". |
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4-10-2000B American cherry Hepplewhite chest of four graduated and scratch-beaded drawers on French bracket feet. A scalloped apron joins the feet. The drawers are mounted with stamped brass drawer pulls in the original borings. The four drawers are each fitted with cast brass rim key escutcheons. Tulip poplar and Eastern white pine secondary woods. Connecticut Valley, circa 1810. 21" x 44" x 39.5" high. |
