Antique New Hampshire Federal Birds Eye Maple Butlers Desk With Full Interior

Bay Colony Antiques is proud to offer for sale this fantastic early 19th century antique Sheraton Birds Eye Maple butlers desk. The desk was constructed at the turn of the 19th century, sometime between the years 1790 - 1810 as the American federal period was prospering throughout the newly independent states. We know from the oral history of ownership that this desk did not leave the state of New Hampshire until the moment we were fortunate enough to procure it. Today many important New England furniture collections house boldly figured tiger and bird's eye maple furnishings from this era in American History. The striking appearance of the desk is due to the use of extremely bold grained Birds Eye maple veneer, which were carefully selected and applied to create a mesmerizing grain pattern on the drawer faces. At a time in early colonial history where exotic woods such as mahogany were imported into coastal American cities, the talented cabinetmakers of rural America sought out the f