Ebenezer Eustis
American Federal Gentleman's Desk and Bookcase
1808
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Description
Federal dark and light alternating figured mahogany gentleman's desk and bookcase with gilt eagle signed by Ebenezer Eustis of Salem, Massachusetts.
- Scalloped crest topped with turned urns with banded molding.
- Three divided glass display sections with shelves and four doors secured by small locks.
- Two large bottom drawers with locks, two small drawers with oval brass hardware and two bottom hinged locking cupboards.
- Six tapered legs.
- Secondary wood: White pine.
Provenance
Originally owned by John Wheelock, President of Dartmouth College and son of its founder, Eleazar Wheelock.
Exhibition
The Art Institute of Chicago, July 17 - September 13, 1971, "American Art of the Colonies and Early Republic" and illustrated in the accompanying catalog, pages 48-49, entry 59.
Condition Report
Very GoodSome repair to inlay.
Brass pulls and hinges are replaced.
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