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MODERN GOTHIC DESK
KIMBEL and J. CABUS, designer and manufacturer.
New York City, ca. 1876.
Height: 64"
Width: 39"
Depth: 21"
Price $14, 500
Original Finish
Ebonized cherry architectonic
desk that is mounted on a trestle
base with diagonal front legs,
medieval-style incised,
and gilded ornamentation, and
brass hardware. A projecting shelf
opens to become a writing surface.
An identical desk appears in a
Harpers Weekly illustration of the
Kimbel & Cabus booth at the
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition
(Hanks, D "Kimbel & Cabus,
Nineteenth Century Furniture,
Art & Antiques Books,1982.)
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