Mid Century Modern Birdseye Maple Drawing table

I used to collect Stickely, Limbert and Harden mission furniture and still have some interesting pieces. Based on the homes I was in, I would shift things around and ended up with a few very interesting mid century modern pieces that I am looking to sell. The one that I want to sell right now is a drawing/drafting table made out of birdseye maple. All fittings are original and beautiful. I had purchased this for a close friend 40 years ago, but he was killed in a motorcycle accident before I was able to get it to him, so I kept it. It has never been used in those 40 years.

 

It looks like it was made not long before you bought it, to me anyway. Beyond that I can't go.

 

bought it from a very reputable place in SOHO and I was told it was from the 60's. I knew one other person that had the exact same desk and he said the same thing.

 

In my brief searches, two manufactures used that type of metal foot rail, Hamilton MFG Co. and E. H. Sheldon & Co..

You'll need to do more digging, but the one example I found uses the same foot rail, lifting hardware, and the legs have tapered metal end caps.

https://offerup.com/item/detail/fe69bdeb-cb10-395e-8e59-2b9f26e5ffcf

 

thank you very much... I have never found a marking on it to indicate where it was from, but if you are familiar with the company, "Dean and Deluca, I knew both owners back in the late 80's and worked with them. Deluca had this exact desk in the Soho facility. I was in shock when i saw it. Also, no marking, but the same exact desk. He had never seen another one either.

 

Agree, maybe a bit older, 1950s-60s.

 

from 1930s Sheldon catalog noting 24 design configurations:



E. H. Sheldon & Company : Art and Mechanical Drawing Tables : E. H. Sheldon & Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

 

Thank you for the clarity, but I was not looking to sell it here. I was looking for information on the desk itself. I have no idea what it is worth or who made it. I know what I paid for it 40 years ago, but that is about it.

 

Fantastic, thank you very much.