191. Important Greene & Greene linen press, fine grain mahogany with meticulously detailed ebony inlay, three graduated drawers with flaring horizontal pulls decorated with ebony inlay, two doors with vertical pulls decorated with ebony inlay along side ebony inlaid escutcheons fitted with their original keys, both original Greene & Greene handmade keys of ebony and polished steel, signed four times, on all three drawers with burned signature "Sumner Greene, His True Mark", the left side with similar mark, this early piece is the first reflecting the use of square pegs, from the Bush-Bolton House in Pasadena, circa 1905, 25.25"deep x 72.25"long x 35"high, original finish, excellent condition 150,000-200,000

Bush-Bolton House 1905

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