02-18-200702-18-2007
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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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February 18, 2007 11:00 AMCalender
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Queen Anne Maple Slant-lid Desk

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$22,325$19,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2349Location: BostonDate / Time: February 18, 2007 11:00AM

Description:

Queen Anne Maple Slant-lid Desk, possibly Framingham, Massachusetts, early/mid-18th century, the fall front opens to an interior of valanced compartments and five drawers above a case of two thumbmolded half-drawers and three graduated long drawers, all on bracket feet, most of the engraved brass escutcheons and drawer pulls appear to be original, original surface, (imperfections),ht. 40 1/2, wd. 34 1/4, dp. 17 3/4 in.

Provenance: Roland Hammond, North Andover, Massachusetts.

Literature: For similar examples, see Sack Volume 1, brochure #4, pg. 59, #185; and Sack Volume 2, brochure #15, pg 386, #973.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Keywords

Massachusetts, Anne Maple Slant-lid, Framingham, North Andover, Roland Hammond