This very rare bookcase was designed ca. 1935 by Donald Deskey (1894 – 1989) for the Widdicomb Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The case, which features three open shelves above a rectangular base with four drawers on the right hand side and a door on the left hand side which opens to reveal three shelves. The front of the base has a matching handle which pulls out a writing surface. The bookcase is in Avoidire wood veneers with black lacquer trim. The case measures 58 ½” high, 29” wide and 21” deep.