Secretary Bookcase

Collection Item

Artist/Maker

Attributed to Deming & Bulkley: Barzilia Deming (1781–1854) and Erastus Bulkley (1798–1872), in partnership 1818–1850

Dimensions

95 x 48-1/8 x 26-3/4 in.

City of Manufacture

New York

Date(s)

c. 1820–1830

More Details

Artist / Maker

Attributed to Deming & Bulkley: Barzilia Deming (1781–1854) and Erastus Bulkley (1798–1872), in partnership 1818–1850

City of Manufacture

New York

Date

c. 1820–1830

Dimensions

95 x 48-1/8 x 26-3/4 in.

Medium

Primary woods: rosewood, rosewood veneer, mahogany, painted and gilded ash in imitation of rosewood

Secondary woods: mahogany, white pine, tulip poplar, ash

Surface treatments: gilding, glass

Provenance

With Anthony A. P. Stuempfig Antiques, Philadelphia, by 1990;
Purchased by Schrimshers, 1990.

Publications / Exhibition History

Exhibited “Collectors Series: American Furniture from a Private Collection,” Huntsville Museum of Art, July 21-Sept. 1, 1991.