New York or Boston, top with early pencil signature "Thomas Eammons?" (possibly for Archibald and Emmons), 1815-1820, compact form set with thick "Egyptian" variegated black marble top, two dovetailed frieze drawers, two paneled cabinet doors opening to shelved interior with linen slide, flanked by ormolu mounted columns, on lion's paw feet, highly figured mahogany veneers throughout, finely constructed, mahogany, poplar, and white pine secondary, 44 x 49 x 25 in.

Background on Important Private Collection from Boston:
I have been working with this collector for over 25 years, both in the initial acquisition of the objects and overseeing their conservation as needed. With a keen eye for quality and design, and a deep passion for all things classical, he has quietly amassed a top-notch collection of American furniture and decorative arts. The collection encompasses outstanding examples from the leading cabinetmakers of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, representing excellence in form and proportions, condition, wood quality, and carving. It also includes rare objects that are among the best of their kind. Now, with the downsizing of one of his properties, the offerings in this catalog are coming to market to find new owners who share a love for this remarkable period in American furniture history.
Clark Pearce,
Advisor and Consultant to Collectors and Institutions

Provenance: Skinner, February 27, 2000 (sold for $37,950); Clark Pearce; Property from an Important Boston Collection

lacking one interior slide, two shelves are replacements, break and repair at one front toe and at lower hinges of right door, marble top is a modern replacement (original top was likely marble, but there is evidence of a wooden top as well)