Chippendale Mahogany Carved Oxbow Serpentine Slant-lid Desk

Description:

Chippendale Mahogany Carved Oxbow Serpentine Slant-lid Desk, probably Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1760-80, the slant lid opens to an interior of central fan-carved drawer flanked by four valanced compartments, all on five short drawers and three projecting long drawers, the cockbeaded case of four graduated drawers all resting on carved claw and ball feet with shaped knee returns centering a drop pendant, old brass pulls, refinished with mellow patina, ht. 44, wd. 42, dp. 22 in.

Note: Label on backboard from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, lent by Richard S. Stearns, Jr.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

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