Renaissance Revival Ebonized, Burled and Gilt-Incised Walnut Standard Grade Desk with Rockefeller Gallery, the Wooten Desk Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1876

Great American Auction, Hyde Park, New York, Jumping January Estate Auction, January 21, 2002, lot 88

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