Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Day 2: American, Southern & European Decorative Arts

Sat, Jan 28, 2017 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 30, 2017 09:00AM EST
Lot 404

Rare Southern Federal Figured and

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

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

Inlaid Walnut Desk and Bookcase attributed to Columbia, South Carolina, circa 1800, with inlaid broken-arch pediment with urn finials, two line-inlaid doors with highly figured walnut panels, adjustable shelved interior, lower case with fitted interior, very highly figured walnut fallboard and graduated drawers, yellow pine secondary, original bracket feet, 91 x 42 x 21-1/2 in.. Condition: excellent condition overall, original feet and blocking, brasses replaced, finials likely replaced, minor repairs to scrolled pediment, some warping to fallboard and upper doors, minor surface fading, scattered abrasions and very minor repairs. Notes: One other example from this shop also attributed to Columbia is illustrated in Rauschenberg and Bivins, Jr., [The Furniture of Charleston 1680-1820], volume II, page 596. Provenance: Garths, August 1, 1998, lot 81; Collection of Anne McPherson and the Late John Bivins, Jr.

Condition

excellent condition overall, original feet and blocking, brasses replaced, finials likely replaced, minor repairs to scrolled pediment, some warping to fallboard and upper doors, minor surface fading, scattered abrasions and very minor repairs

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