Desk and bookcase Walnut Virginia 1800-1820-PZ-”Fine Piece” 16thcworld From the Sabine border the

From the Sabine border the map extends west as far as San Antonio

shortly after American independence

Impressive in scale and lavish in detail

Following publication of the White Gallaher & White map

due to an illness

Desk and bookcase Walnut Virginia 1800-1820-PZ-”Fine Piece” 16thcworld From the Sabine border theDesk and bookcase Date: 1800 1820. Walnut; resinous pine secondary wood, tulip poplar in some drawer bottoms, maple front stiles of the desk. Provenance: Mark Smith (died 2021), a resident of Lynchburg, who may have acquired it in the region. The desk and bookcase was one of the most impressive furniture forms a cabinetmaker could create. Its relative simplicitylacking carving or veneers or inlays is balanced in part by walnut (a locally grown wood)