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577
$230.00

OUTSTANDING INLAID LIFT TOP WRITING STAND. 19th Century. Fitted with one drawer with writing slide, inkwell and sander and open compartment. Top lifts with easel support in three different positions. Interior with birdseye maple decorative wood. The top with rosewood or ebony veneers inlaid with intricate 8” circle at center with one inlaid leaf design at each corner. The drawer front and sides with decorative inlaid leaf panels. Ormolu mounts at four corners with brass line inlay. One ormolu mount for foot is present, other three are missing. PROVENANCE: Franzen/Cummings Estate, Bristol, Maine. SIZE: 28” h x 22-1/2” w x 14-1/2” d. CONDITION: Some brass loose, horizontal repaired crack to top and stains. Otherwise good. Also as indicated above. 9-98346 (800-1,200)


Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Samoset 2004
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