EDWARD WORMLEY EXECUTIVE DESK FOR DUNBAR

A stunningly beautiful two-tone, double-pedestal executive desk by Edward Wormley for the DUNBAR Furniture Company.  Made predominately of richly grained tawi, it is trimmed in high-contrast solid mahogany and exquisitely detailed throughout.  The top produces a dramatic overhang on three sides, its dark border rounding up slightly before leveling out above the recessed kneehole.  The desk has eight drawers (including a hanging-file drawer), right- and lefthand pull-out writing surfaces, and a modesty panel.  Both of its bevelled pedestals sit atop plinth bases.  The vertical woodgrain of the drawer-fronts is matched for visual continuity; each drawer has a mahogany hang-pull that swings freely from solid brass hardware.  This piece would make a dramatic, urbane, and particularly masculine statement in any executive office—at home or the office.  Knee clearance of 25". EDWARD J WORMLEY was born in Oswego, IL, a small farming community west of Chicago.  He attended the Art Institute of