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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 10566498, member: 5170&quot;]Hey All:</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a fairly rare form, known as a butler&#039;s desk. I date it to ca. 1860. It has many elements in common with the Rococo Revival, including rosewood and curly maple woods, diamond dust mirrors below, hand-made dovetails, an s-curved shelf in the base, and most amazingly, a checkerboard-floored display space in the upper section comprised of squares of rosewood using alternately light and dark staining and done by hand! Wow! the labor and craftsmanship involved in creating this piece, and the perfection of its execution, are just amazing. It was found in New York, and IMO was made in the City.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not only are the materials exquisite, but as said the craftsmanship is second to none. The fit and finish are as tight and true as they were 160 years ago. And the condition.....wow! It is a continuing mystery to me that pieces such as this still have little demand while flat pack sells.</p><p><br /></p><p>If any of you can spy a piece of this type and appearance anywhere else, please let us know the particulars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh and BTW, the pocket watch belonged to a Grand Ghopper. It&#039;s of little monetary value, I&#039;m afraid, but the sentimental value is high.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]530437[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]530439[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530440[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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