Bidspirit auction | CENTENNIAL SHELL-CARVED KNEEHOLE DESK

CENTENNIAL SHELL-CARVED KNEEHOLE DESK - American, late 19th century, mahogany and pine. In the Newport taste, with three upper shell-carved drawers over a shell-carved kneehole door, which is flanked by stacks of bowfront drawers, all on ogee bracket feet. 32” high, 37.5” wide, 19” deep. Provenance: From the collection of the late Dr. James Dawson, sold to benefit the Dr. James Dawson MD Women's Clinic in Uganda Condition: Old finish, original brasses, a few glued repairs to the feet.