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100.
Rare Charles Rohlfs Carved Drop-front Desk with
Swivel Base
Oak
Buffalo, New York, c. 1900
Gothic-style carved finials on peaked form with carved
and shaped sides, dropped front and scrolled lid
support over panel with three pierced stylized motifs
housing four drawers on one side and cabinet door
on the other, desk case sits on raised platform base
allowing it to revolve, interior fitted with shelves,
accented with raised pegs, signed with logo and
dated 1900, some loss, not in original finish, ht. 50
1/2, wd. 25 1/2, dp. 22 1/2 in.
Note: Similar to an example in the Lewis
collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond. For further discussion see http://www.
themagazineantiques.com/closer-look/desk-charlesrohlfs/,
Treasures of The Arts and Crafts Movement
1890-1920, by Cathers and Volpe, p. 40, and
Joseph Cunningham’s article “Anna Katherine Green
and Charles Rohlfs Artistic Collaborators,” Antiques
Magazine, December 2008.
$40,000-60,000
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