A Chippendale Carved Cherrywood Slant-Front Desk
Sale 993 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
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Mar 10, 2022
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Mar 11, 2022
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$875
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Lot Description
A Chippendale Carved Cherrywood Slant-Front Desk
Likely Rhode Island, Circa 1790
with fitted interior, one of the interior drawers inscribed on the underside $1.50 M.G. Semon 83, a, Send... St.
Height 43 1/2 x width 42 1/4 x depth 20 inches; width of case 37 3/4 inches.
Height 43 1/2 x width 42 1/4 x depth 20 inches; width of case 37 3/4 inches.
Provenance:
Ex-collection Marjorie L. Adams Jr., Van Nuys, California
Literature:
Winchester, Alice, Living with Antiques: A Treasury of Private Homes in America, (New York: E.P Dutton, 1963), p. 227 (illus.)
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