Lot 84: Trustee’s Desk

Estimate: $6,000 – $9,000
Price Realized: $7,375

Pine, original orange/red bittersweet painted finish with varnish, appears to be revarnished at one time with red stain, two vertical inset panel doors through mortised, diagonally pinned at top and quad pinned at the bottom, original turned cherry wood pulls, locks with brass diamond shaped escutcheon, fall front breadboard hinged lid opening to cubbyholes and a single drawer with brass pull, over three dovetailed drawers with original pulls and escutcheons, on an applied bracket base with arched sides and front, 6′ 2″ h, 36 1/2″ w, 19 1/2″ d.