Aesthetic Movement Merklen Brothers Carved Walnut Library Table Desk NY 1890 Paintings below are four sliding drawers

below are four sliding drawers with drop down fronts to allow easy storage of sheet music or documents

and one other nest with three eggs

The scene would have been drawn from life outdoors and then kept in the studio as reference material

Littman received highly positive judgment of his work by such celebrated artists as Aristide Maillol

Galien-Laloue was the eldest of nine children

Aesthetic Movement Merklen Brothers Carved Walnut Library Table Desk NY 1890 Paintings below are four sliding drawersA fabulous antique American Aesthetic Movement carved walnut library table or desk, by Merklen Brothers, New York, circa 1890. Merklen Brothers of New York Gilded Age furniture is highly recognizable by their signature construction techniques and being stylistically distinct from European fashions of the period. The table top is carved with a frieze border and gadrooned edge, the skirt is finely and deeply carved with scrolling foliate and other