A friend has inherited a wonderful desk. It's quatersawn oak, well patined and obviously old. There are no labels of markings except the brand "ERNEST J SULTAN" in the lap drawer. The source was a gentleman who was a long time interior decorator and set designer. He had the desk in his home for some time and my friend had admired it, so he left it to her when he passed. He left no information on the desk.
Can anyone help?

Have you learned anything about Ernest J. Sultan? My husband has a desk that was his Grandmothers...like yours, the only marking is in the inside bottom of the drawer. I've had no luck in learning someting about Sultan. Is there an e-mail I can use to share any information I may find? Mine is sweetpea43@cox.net. Here's hoping we can share something with each other.

Thank you,
Marsha

sweetpea, the message you replied to is 4 years old, from the time stamp, so I think you missed him/her .

Nonetheless, if you could post a picture here that would be great - can't say I have found any references for this name, but a picture would help us make an educated stab at what you have

Ernest J. Sultan, or Sultan mfg, was based out of San Fransico, California

An update.

It appears that this posting resufaces about once every 3 years.

My friend that owns the desk asked me recently if I had ever found out anything. So I finally found the link to the site (I've changed ISPs and computers severaltimes since the posting and lost the link).

Thank you CHB for your response. I'll pass the information on.

dbaudit