American Renaissance Revival Roll Top Desk American Victorian furniture, Renaissance Revival furniture, Roll-top desks, rotary desks.

American Renaissance Revival Burled Walnut and Walnut Roll-Top Desk, with rotary pedestals, fourth quarter 19th century, retaining the brass plaque "The Shannon Co. Limited, Shannon Desk, London, Made in America", By the late 1880's furniture was the leading exported item from the US.

The desk with an S-curve tambour door that rolls to reveal a beautifully fitted interior and the writing surface with an inset gilt-tooled leather top, over a band of three drawers. Each pedestal with a rotary section opening to reveal paired banks of four drawers, the front, sides and back of the desk is fitted with burled walnut panels, h. 47", w. 60", d. 34-1/2".

The rotary pedestals are similar to those employed by Shannon's competition, the Wooten Desk Company. The firm's extensive use of lacewood as an interior wood is an indication of the firm's adaptation to the tastes of the English market.

Important furniture of 19th century America.
Antique desks, antique roll-top desks.

 

Welsh Dresser, 19th century furniture Fine 19th Century furniture,Victorian furniture, antique Welsh dresser, Welsh cabinet, antique dressers.

A beautifully proportioned Welsh dresser of oak and oak crossbanded and inlaid veneers. The open-shelved upper cabinet, backed by tongue and grooved oak panels, is handsomely detailed and surmounts the triple-drawer base terminating on deeply undulating cabriole legs. First quarter 19th century, fine original patina, hardware and locks. Width 76.5", Overall Height 84", Depth 20.5.

Antique furniture, antique Welsh dresser, antique Welsch cabinet.