A MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY-INLAID WALNUT DESK-AND-BOOKCASE

Lot 526
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ID 1362343
Lot 526 | A MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY-INLAID WALNUT DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
Valeur estimée
$ 70 000 – 100 000
A MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY-INLAID WALNUT DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
SIGNED BY URIAH EBERHART (1866-1937), SAVANNAH, OHIO, DATED 1900
the reverse inscribed MANUF’D BY U.H. EBERHART. SAVANNAH, O. / INLAID WITH 135,511 PIECES OVER 537 DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD. / BEGUN NOV. 17, 1896. COMPLETED JULY 31, 1900; together with original drawings and designs by Eberhart
99 ¼ in. high, 53 ¾ in. wide, 22 ¾ in. deep




Provenance

Uriah Eberhart (1866-1937), Savannah, Ohio
Thence by descent in the family
Sotheby’s, New York, 23 May 2002, lot 320



Literature

Uriah H. Eberhart, 'The Wonderful Eberhart Secretary', Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati, February 14, 1917), pp. 158, illustrated.
'The Eberhart Secretary', Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, May 25, 1929), p. 28.
William A. Duff, History of North Central Ohio (Topeka, 1931), pp. 1405-1406.
Jane Williams, 'Eberhart's Secretary, Ready for World's Fair, Is Pride of Savannah Citizens', The Mansfield Journal (Mansfield, Ohio, February 13, 1932).
‘Wood From Many Lands in Savannah Man’s Secretary: Uri Eberhart Builds Desk from 135,341 Different Pieces: Estimated Worth is $50,000’, News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio, July 5, 1932), p. 14.
'$75,000 Desk Is Exhibited', The Wooster Daily Record (Wooster, Ohio, September 26, 1934), p. 4.
J. Aubrey Williams 'Unique Cabinet Built By Ohio Man Valued $50,000; Contains 135,341 Pieces Of Rare and Historic Woods', The Akron Times-Press (Akron, Ohio, November 5, 1934), p. 4.
The Akron Times-Press (Akron, Ohio, December 30, 1934), p. 2.
Rae Bailey, Old Keys: an Historical Sketch of Clear Creek Township, Ashland County, Ohio, and of Savannah, the Township’s Only Village (Washington, D.C., 1941), pp. 170-172, illustrated.
Marion McCreary, 'Wonderful Eberhart Secretary Back with Heirs of its Talented Creator', Bound Brook Chronicle (Bound Brook, New Jersey, January 17, 1963), pp. 1, 12
Sotheby's, advertisement, Antiques and The Arts Weekly (May 10, 2002), p. 147.
Rod Hirsch, ‘Craftsman’s legacy is American mosaic', The Central New Jersey Home News (New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 19, 2002), pp. A1, A4-5, illustrated.
Lita Solis-Cohen, 'Flags Fly High at Americana Sale', Maine Antique Digest (July 2002), p. 23-E, illustrated.



Exhibited

New York, New York, Ripley 'Believe-It-or-Not' Odditorium, Fall 1939.
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