Description

This is the kind of piece that stops people in their tracks and makes them ask questions you enjoy answering. A beautifully hand-carved wooden wall shelf featuring deeply relief-carved acanthus leaf scrollwork on the backboard gallery, flanked by classically turned bead-and-reel molding along both the top cornice and lower shelf edge. The warm honey-walnut finish is the result of a professional refinishing, as noted by a charming handwritten sticky note affixed to the unfinished back that reads: 'old, nice, hand-carved shelf, bought fr. antique store near December and had refinished.' The back panel shows honest age with old nail holes, natural patina, and character marks consistent with genuine antique origins, suggesting a late 19th to early 20th century piece most likely in the Victorian or Renaissance Revival tradition.

Condition

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Measurement

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