generations by a family in Albemarle County. The eagle with shield and thirteen stars on its breast appear at the top. An inlaid eagle is shown on the roll top. The back of the desk and bookcase is paneled; the frame is Southern pine with poplar panels; the interior door has the initials L. B. burnt in; and the drawer linings are oak.
PLATE X. Hepplewhite Tambour Desk—Mahogany. (Virginia—c. 1790-1800). Much of interest attaches to this tambour desk, with French feet of the Hepplewhite style, and inlay, with carving. The carved shell of odd type is unusual. Tambour doors such as these which are often found in the South, on desks of fine workmanship, indicate that the product has been made in some furniture center. This tambour is secured by gluing strips of wood to a canvas or heavy cloth. (Property of Mrs. J. G. Hayes).
PLATE XI. Top—Hepplewhite Tambour Desk—Mahogany. (Maryland—c. 1790). Desks of this type are found made in varying degrees of workmanship throughout the South. Some are finely inlaid with the bellflower design, and now command a high price. Some are found with a bookcase top.
PLATE XI. Bottom—Hepplewhite Desk—Walnut. (North Carolina—c. 1790-1800). Here the rural workman copied in native wood the finer type Hepplewhite desk. Desks with solid wood doors are frequently found. (Property of Ralph P. Hanes).
PLATE XII. Sheraton Fall-Front Secretary—Mahogany. (Maryland—c. 1800). This fall-front desk, a labeled piece, shows fine workmanship, and is of a type that was popular throughout the South. (Property of Mrs. W. W. Hubbard).
PLATE XIII. Sheraton Fall-Front Secretary—Mahogany. (South Carolina—c. 1800). This secretary is made in the same style as that illustrated in Plate XII, except that it shows the eagle inlaid pediment. The interior is of satinwood. Although rather large, it is finely made throughout, and in a large room in one of the old houses of Charleston its size is not apparent. (Property of Mrs. S. B. Pringle).
PLATE XIV. Sheraton Secretary—Walnut. (Virginia—c. 1800). The workman here, under the influence of the designs of both Hepplewhite and Sheraton, tried his skill with native walnut. The piece is embellished with inlay, and ovals of flowers inlaid at the top of the legs. There is a cylinder top to the desk, with a slide that pulls out when the lid is raised. This writing slide has two wells for writing equipment. The spade foot is of Hepplewhite design. (Property of Mrs. F. B. Crowninshield).
PLATE XV. Sheraton Secretary—Mahogany. (South Carolina—c. 1810). Two views of a desk, as a means of showing the beginner that it is not always well to hold back on purchasing a fine piece because of its unprepossessing appearance. Top illustration shows "in the rough," in
