BY GEORGE BLACKFORD, BILLINGS, MONTANA, CIRCA 1950

Details

AN AMERICAN FIR 'RANCH' DESK
BY GEORGE BLACKFORD, BILLINGS, MONTANA, CIRCA 1950
The rectangular leather top on two pedestals with five drawers, the reverse with poker-work rodeo scenes
29 ¼ in. (74.3 cm.) high, 56 in. (142.2 cm.) wide, 33 ¼ in. (84.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

George Blackford was one of a small group of rustic furniture makers from Billings, Montana. Inspired by Thomas Molesworth, Blackford specialized in using fir poles and burles together with poker-work and marquetry to create furniture firmly set in the Western tradition. He was commissioned to build some furniture for the Billings, Montana airport in 1946 and continued making furniture into the 1980s.

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