Sea Treasure

One of our favorite consignment furniture stores had a sale this weekend. Dick and I went looking for a chair for the family room but came home with this instead. An antique sea captain's desk. We've seen these in antique stores before but never at a time or price that we could afford. It's made of solid, heavy wood - maybe mahogany or walnut - and is extremely compact - 33" tall by 22" wide. I love the detailing on the front legs and the shape of the feet.

The box on top opens to reveal a place to store ink and writing implements. The desk has four drawers down each side and eight more hidden under the hinged top.
The workmanship is amazing. The drawers are all hand-chiseled to shape and the edges are dovetailed. A few of the drawers still have tiny square nails holding them together. It wasn't what we were looking for, and we weren't sure where we would put it, but how could we leave it behind?