Antique salesman sample inlaid slant front desk, 19th c., nice slant front desk with inlaid nautilus shell decoration, inlaid stringing to graduated drawers, on bracket feet, desk interior fitted with cubbies and drawers, pull-out supports for desktop, 12"h x 10.75"w x 5.75"d

Provenance: From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw

Notes/Literature: Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.

Fair, losses, cracks, small areas of veneer loss, separations, possible repairs, nicks, scuffs, and staining, shows good age