Cylinder Desk

Artist / Maker

Unknown maker

City of Manufacture

Baltimore

Date

c. 1820–1835

Dimensions

51-1/2 × 51 × 23 in.

Medium

Primary woods: mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood

Secondary woods: tulip poplar, Honduras mahogany, pine

Surface treatments: marble, brass, replacement baize

Labels / Inscriptions

Signed in ink on underside of desk interior drawer along: “R H Gordon” and “Robert God” [with alphabet and doodles].

Provenance

Possibly Josiah H. Gordon (1816–1887), Cumberland, MD; Possibly to his son Robert H. Gordon (1852–1910), Cumberland, MD. By descent in the Thomas family of Gaithersburg, MD, for three generations until c. 2000. With Peter Curran Antiques, Wilton, CT, by late 2000; With J. Michael Flanigan, American Antiques, Baltimore, by 2001; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2001.