Monumental Art Deco Cathedral Form Secretary Desk platform earning a reputation for durable

earning a reputation for durable construction and streamlined industrial design throughout the interwar and postwar years

Striking sculptural coffee table carved from a single burlwood slab with an organically contoured live-edge top and integrated root-form base

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Patina and surface wear consistent with age

the piece is striking in scale though relatively light in weight

Monumental Art Deco Cathedral Form Secretary Desk platform earning a reputation for durableMonumental Gothic Art Deco skyscraper form secretary cabinet executed in stained oak, strongly reminiscent of the Kansas City Power & Light Building and related American "cathedrals of commerce" architecture of the early 1930s. The cabinet is conceived as a miniature architectural tower, with a dramatic stepped silhouette rising through layered setbacks into a domed lantern crown inspired by Gothic Revival civic skyscrapers of the interwar period.