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Object ID |
00576 |
Object Name |
Desk |
Collection |
Elizabeth Montgomery Lynch (1867 - 1938) |
Description |
A Fine Napoleon III Gilt Brass Mounted Rosewood, Walnut and Floral Marquetry Lady's Writing Desk. Labels of H. B. Hertz, 242 fifth Ave., New York, Circa 1850-65. In two parts: the upper with a pierced gilt brass gallery above a brass mounted cupboard section with two hinged doors inlaid with flower-filled urns and with gilt bronze mounts above two floral marquetry inlaid small drawers; the flanking stiles with line inlaid and gilt bronze scroll-and-leaf chased mounts; the lower section with a hinged foldover writing slide ornamented with classical gilt bronze nesting birds with elaborate floral marquetry surround and opening to a baize lined writing surface with pen tray and ink wells above a floral marquetry inlaid long drawer and inlaid oblong dies with a gilt bronze molded border; on cylinder-and-wheel turned and tapered fluted supports with gilt bronze mounts above a scrolled flat stretcher centring a gilt bronze mounted central panel; the whole ending in toupie feet. |
Material |
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut, Brass |
People |
Lynch, Elizabeth "Rab" Montgomery (1867-1938) |
Subjects |
Desks Furniture Herts, H. B., New York, NY |
Provenance |
Descended in the Montgomery family of New York and Rhinebeck, New York, to Margaret Montgomery Lynch and thence to Miss Margaret Lynch Suckley. (1938 bequest) |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site. |