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The Rare and Important Cabot-Paine-Metcalf Bombe Desk-and-Bookcase

Category:	Furniture - American
SubType:	Bookcase
Origin:	MA
Era:	18th Century
Height:	96.125 in. inches



Workshop of Nathaniel Gould. Salem, Massachusetts. In brilliance of overall design, wood selection, balance of proportion, maturity and quality of carving and joinery, and rarity of form, this recently discovered bombe secretary is unparalleled and stands alone as the only known example of bombe furniture in the secretarial bookcase form to come from Salem, Massachusetts.

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