A Very Rare Federal Inlaid and Figured Mahogany and Ivory Miniature Desk-and-Bookcase, Mid-Atlantic States, circa 1815

David Stockwell, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware;
John Walton, Inc., New York;
Lansdell Christie, New York;
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Collection of Lansdell K. Christie, October 21, 1972, lot 14;
Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler-Garbisch, Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland;
Sotheby's New York, The Garbisch Collection, May 23-25, 1980, lot 1040;
Austin T. Miller American Antiques, Columbus, Ohio

Secondary woods: back board lower section cedrella, upper section backboard poplar, drawer sides on upper section cedrella, glass probably replaced; shelf in bookcase section is adjustable; brasses replaced; lock replaced on lower door; re-finished.
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