Wooton Walnut and Burl Walnut Standard Grade Rotary Desk Sales Model

Description:

Wooton Walnut and Burl Walnut Standard Grade Rotary Desk Sales Model, Indianapolis, Indiana, last quarter 19th century, with a cloth-lined writing surface and two rotating pedestals: one side with various drawers and pigeonholes each with a green cardboard liner and the other side with various document slots and compartments, with a label from the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, mounted to a felt-lined stand encased in a plastic display box with a wood base, model ht. 7 5/8, wd. 19, dp. 7 3/4, case ht. 18 1/2, wd. 25 1/4, dp. 16 1/8 in.

Provenance: Purportedly purchased from Richard Dubrow about 25-30 years ago.
Estimate $7,000-9,000

Wear, water stains, losses, etc. to writing surface. Loss to pull on right drawer. Central drawer with chipped loss to veneer. Crack to back left side burl panel. Scattered minor abrasions.


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