Figure 47 Desk, Winchester
area, Virginia, ca. 1800. Walnut and maple inlay with yellow pine and tulip
poplar. H. 44 3/8", W. 40 3/4", D. 21 3/4". (Private collection;
photo, Craig McDougal.) The desk has arched, stop-fluted quarter-columns
and other features associated with the Frye-Martin shops. The interior has
a central prospect door flanked by four equal-sized drawers (two over two).
Above the drawers are three pigeonholes with arched valances. The prospect
door of the interior has the initials I·F inlaid in maple. |