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Lot 690: An Early 20th Century Mahogany Pedestal Desk
A mahogany pedestal desk constructed in the revivalist style with an inverted breakfront form. The desk features a shaped gallery backboard with a central, deeply carved shell motif flanked by foliate scrolls. The configuration includes a single central frieze drawer above a kneehole, flanked by two pedestal cupboards. The cupboard doors are accented with carved rope-twist or gadrooned borders and fitted with turned knobs. The entire unit is raised on small turned bun feet. The piece displays a well-figured mahogany grain throughout.
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