A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT SLANT-FRONT DESK, New England, 1760-1780, the rectangular hinged lid centering a carved shell opening to an interior fitted with a central bank of four small drawers, flanked on either side by four valanced pigeonholes above four small drawers; the case with four graduated long drawers with cockbeaded dividers over a molded base, on claw-and-ball feet (slant lid replaced) --38in. high, 40½in. wide, 20in. deep