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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 102732, member: 37&quot;]Did you check the secondary wood on the drawers to determine if American?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I suggested early Prairie School on this but in searching, it brings up little of what I was suggesting.&nbsp; Most of what comes up is Frank Lloyd Wright and he was indeed Prairie School.&nbsp; But it is the earlier vernacular that I am talking about rather than his later work.&nbsp; I think if you look at H. H. Richardsons work (especially Glessner House) and the work Of G. W. Maher (Pleasant Home among others), you will get an idea of the kind of interiors in which this desk would be at home.&nbsp; Wright and even Louis Sullivan were part of this movement but their work was moving in directions further afield from this desk. </p><p><br /></p><p>This desk is the factory embodiment of the work done by the above famous architects.&nbsp; It was a style that only lasted a short while as a bridge between Victorian furniture and the more paired down arts and crafts styles of the 20th century.&nbsp; I am frustrated that I can find few American examples of furniture with brass embellishments such as yours.&nbsp; They are somewhat rare but not unheard of.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is an English Example .....</p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/32/40/fc/3240fcf0451a99731bb29870cf59eda0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is an American oak bookcase ...</p><p><img src="http://photo.foter.com/photos/pi/241/antique-vintage-mission-oak-bookcase-china-curio-cabinet-shelf-arts-crafts.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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