Chippendale Carved Mahogany Oxbow Desk

Description:

Chippendale Carved Mahogany Oxbow Desk, North Shore, Massachusetts, c. 1760-80, brasses appear to be original, old refinish, (minor imperfections),ht. 43, wd. 41 1/2, dp. 22 in.

Provenance: Possibly Reverend George Murillo Bartol (1820-1906) and Elizabeth H. Washburn, by 1856, Lancaster, Massachusetts; then to Mary Bartol (d. 1942); then to Mary's niece in the Cabot family; then by descent in the Cabot family to the present owner.

Note: George Murillo Bartol was the minister, for 59 years in the late 19th century, of the First Church of Christ Unitarian, Lancaster, Massachusetts, a building designed by Charles Bulfinch of Boston. He married Elizabeth H. Washburn of Salem in 1856, and it is possible that the desk entered the Bartol family upon that marriage.

Estimate $5,000-7,000

some of the claws on the feet are scuffed; loss to molding on lid; missing a bail handle but brass remains.

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