Victorian Wooten style patent desk, executed in the Aesthetic taste, having two hinged doors, the shaped gallery top above the two door case opening to reveal a fitted interior, and rising on acanthus decorated feet. The center drawer retaining a label, “W.B. Moses & Sons, Washington, D.C.” overlaying another label which lists cabinet work, “J.Mueller”. W.B. Moses & Sons was a well known furniture retailer in Washington D.C. who furnished the U.S. Senate Reception Room in 1899 as well as furniture in other U.S. government buildings. Ogden L. Mills (1884-1937) served as the Secretary of the Treasury under Herbert Hoover. Mills was the grandson of Darius Ogden Mills (1825-1910) who was a Gold Rush adventurer and prominent California banker, founding the Bank of California. 65"h x 41"w x 27.5"d Provenance: Darius Ogden Mills Estate, Millbrae, CA