CIRCA 1810 MASSACHUSETTS HEPPLEWHITE MAHOGANY & TIGER MAPLE INLAID LADIES DESK

We are honored to offer you this important 1810 Federal period Massachusetts, Hepplewhite Ladies Desk from a museums collection. On highly figured mahogany & tiger maple inlays.This desk comes to us after its de-acquisition from the Andover, Massachusetts Historical Society. It bears two labels from 19th century fine mahogany furniture dealers in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The first label we detected is from" E. C. Stiegler". We found a second label beneath that which is partially missing but "H. F. Barnard" is mentioned. We deduce the first label belonged to the furniture maker Stiegel purchased it from. This is a North Shore to Salem, Massachusetts desk with strong influences to the workshops of Edmund Johnson & Nehemiah Adams. It possesses a two piece case with double blank doors on its secretary top case. Further defined by a highly crafted interior & flip out writing surface supported by twin loafers. The top case is embellished with a nicely scaled crown molding &