Desk and bookcase Walnut Virginia 1800-1820-PZ-”Fine Piece” Birds/Ornithology Prints and scenes representing the wealth

and scenes representing the wealth and mystery of Asia

Galveston Bay

and toured India during 1873–75

territorial disputes demanded current and precise geographical knowledge

James II took over the Malby and Son stock in 1860

Desk and bookcase Walnut Virginia 1800-1820-PZ-”Fine Piece” Birds/Ornithology Prints and scenes representing the wealthDesk 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)