American & Southern Auction | October 16, 2024
Wed, Oct 16, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 560
MESDA Documented Fine and Rare Diminutive North Carolina Federal Desk on Frame
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Wilmington, North Carolina, 1795-1805, a fine diminutive lady's desk, mahogany with yellow pine and poplar secondary, fall board opening to a fitted interior set with seven dovetailed drawers above an additional long drawer, separate frame fitted with two dovetailed drawers, on finely tapered legs, 38 x 22 x 15 in.
Provenance: found in Suffolk, Virginia; Collection of MESDA, deaccessioned July of 2014 into a Private North Carolina Collection; A North Carolina Private Collection
Note: This rare diminutive desk is one of only two examples of the form known from Wilmington, North Carolina. A nearly identical example with a history of descent in the Beatty family of Bladen County is also known and has been documented by MESDA. The example offered here is illustrated in Bivins, Wilmington Furniture 1720 to 1860, catalog number 25, as well as in Bivins, The furniture of North Coastal North Carolina, 1700 to 1820, page 411. It is additionally illustrated in Bivins and Alexander, The Regional Arts of the Early South, catalog number 47.
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found in Suffolk, Virginia; Collection of MESDA, deaccessioned July of 2014 into a Private North Carolina Collection; A North Carolina Private Collection
patches and repairs from previous hinges including strip patch at lower edge of fall board, other scattered minor repairs at moldings and drawer beading, one rear leg spliced just below skirt, minor repair at one drawer bottom, original locks and brasses
