SLIGH LEATHER TOP KIDNEY-SHAPE INLAID DESK-OWNED BY RI ATTORNEY GENERAL - $4,400 - (East Greenwich, RI)
PURCHASED FROM THE ESTATE OF 60TH GOVERNOR (1949-52) OF RHODE ISLAND, THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN, WHO WAS PRESENTED THE DESK BY 57TH ATTORNEY GENERAL( 1933-37) OF THE SAME STATE, J. HOWARD MCGRATH. THE ONLY PROOF OF PROVENANCE IS A COLLECTION OF BOOKS PURCHASED WITH THE DESK; A SET OF 3 WHICH WERE THE PROPERTY OF J. HOWARD MCGRATH (NAME EMBOSSED IN GOLD); A BOOK INSCRIBED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY RALPH REED (CEO OF AMERICAN EXPRESS IN 1957) AND A SEPARATE EX-LIBRIS OF MCGRATH'S, FOUND IN ONE OF THE DRAWERS TO WHICH NONE OF THE BOOKS IT BELONGS IN. THE DESK IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION. IT HAS NEVER BEEN REFINISHED, NOR DOES IT REQUIRE IT. THE LEATHER TOP IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE AND ANY EVIDENCE OF MILD CRAQUELERE IS TRUTHFULLY DOCUMENTED IN PHOTO , THERE IS NO SPLITTING, LIFTING OR STAINS. ALL SATINWOOD VENEERS ARE SECURE AND THE FLAME MAHOGANY IS WITHOUT ISSUE, SAVE FOR SOME SCUFFING AT BASE. THE DESK IS 53" LONG, 23" DEEP AND 30" HIGH. THE FRONT IS FACED WITH A BOOKCASE. * THE FIXED FREIGHT PRICE BEING OFFERED IS CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN THE ACTUAL PRICE THAT THE SELLER WILL BE PAYING*
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