拍品专文
The tapering lotus-carved feet appear related to carving on a candlestand by Joseph Short illustrated in Charles Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period (New York, 1966), p. 384, no. 371.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A FEDERAL MAHOGANY SECRETARY BOOKCASE
POSSIBLY JOSEPH SHORT (1771-1819), NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 1810-1820
细节
A FEDERAL MAHOGANY SECRETARY BOOKCASE
Possibly Joseph Short (1771-1819), Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1810-1820
In two parts: the upper with rectangular top surmounted by a broken swan's-neck pediment centering a fluted plinth flanked by four fluted plinths above a conforming case with glazed doors with gothic arched mullions, opening to reveal a shelved interior; the lower conforming case with hinged writing flap over three graduated long drawers, on ring-turned and tapering lotus carved feet, appears to retain its original brasses
73in. high, 38in. wide, 19in. deep
Possibly Joseph Short (1771-1819), Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1810-1820
In two parts: the upper with rectangular top surmounted by a broken swan's-neck pediment centering a fluted plinth flanked by four fluted plinths above a conforming case with glazed doors with gothic arched mullions, opening to reveal a shelved interior; the lower conforming case with hinged writing flap over three graduated long drawers, on ring-turned and tapering lotus carved feet, appears to retain its original brasses
73in. high, 38in. wide, 19in. deep