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Posted 8 years ago
vintagelamp
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A Japanese Highly Carved Desk, Meiji Period (1868-1912) Mt. Fuji
The first picture was taken at the estate sale in West Virginia and the rest at my home, where it is too dark to get a very good photo. Highly carved with painted scenes beneath pagodas and spires. I was told that the man who owned this desk knew President Eisenhower. The chair in the second picture was purchased at the same auction and will be posted here soon.
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vintagelamp,
That is one truly amazing desk and chair. In such incredible condition for it's age and just a wonderful estate find.
jscott, Thank you so much! It is appreciated!
So very nice. Even the provenance.
Wow, a wonderful desk for your ladies to gaze upon.
amazing desk! one of the most interesting i've ever seen!
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ho2cultcha
Thank you for the nice comments!
wow it's amazing to see the details of the carving, fantastic find
toy_passion, Thank you!
Very awesome post here. Lovely to look at. What's it feel like to sit there? I hope you did good at the auction because these look like they do belong to royalty.
Thanks for sharing. :)
OneGoodFind, Thank you so much for the lovely comment. Actually a friend who owns an antique shop got the desk at the estate sale and I purchased it from him at a very good price. It feels great to sit at this desk!
STUNNING!!!!!
Celine, Thank you!
I N C R E D I B L E!!!
F A N T A S T I C!!!
I absolutely love your desk, for sure not an everyday find :-)
kyra, Thank you! I am lucky to have found this desk!
Amazing piece
An amazing piece of furniture - beautiful. Can you tell me who is in the portrait which is behind the desk?
Just love it!!! :)
Sorry, I just found these last three comments in my spam folder:
Master, Thank you for the comment!
VikingGirl, Thank you!
Gillian, Very sorry, just found your comment in my spam folder. Please see my post on the woman in the portrait but this is the info:
Mrs. McDonald DeWitt (1881-1957 Park Avenue,NY)
I love to find interesting portraits and then research the lives of the subjects. I liked this painting because it was painted in the 1920s by Wilber Fiske Noyes. I had no idea who Mrs. McDonald Dewitt was until I researched her life. She was married to a prominent attorney in New York but it is her association with Florence Knapp (pictured to the left of Mrs. DeWitt in the third photo) that is most interesting. Mrs. DeWitt helped to organize the Republican Women of New York State.
Florence Knapp was Secretary of State of New York from 1925 to 1926, elected in 1924. In 1928, she was convicted of grand larceny in office. During the taking of New York's 1925 census, Mrs. Knapp had put her stepdaughter's name on the payroll, then received the stepdaughter's checks herself, forged the endorsements, and spent the money on clothes.
She remained the only woman elected to a statewide office in New York for fifty years.
Mrs. McDonald DeWitt, stood by her friend throughout the trial.
i am still blown away by this desk! just amazing!
ho2cultcha,
I feel the same way! This went through the whole estate sale without being sold. I got it at the antique shop afterwards, along with the Foo dog screen, two chairs and a table!