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.) |