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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED CHERRYWOOD SLANT-FRONT DESK
ATTRIBUTED TO AARON CHAPIN, EAST WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT, 1765-1785
The rectangular top above a slant lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with central fan-carved drawer over a scooped drawer and a short drawer flanked by four valanced pigeon holes above two short and one long drawer, all over four thumbmolded graduated long drawers and central fan-carved drop, on curvatious cyma feet with lobed returns and high squared pad, appears to retain original hardware (gallery a later addition)--42 1/2in. high, 40 5/8in. wide, 22in. deep
ATTRIBUTED TO AARON CHAPIN, EAST WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT, 1765-1785
The rectangular top above a slant lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with central fan-carved drawer over a scooped drawer and a short drawer flanked by four valanced pigeon holes above two short and one long drawer, all over four thumbmolded graduated long drawers and central fan-carved drop, on curvatious cyma feet with lobed returns and high squared pad, appears to retain original hardware (gallery a later addition)--42 1/2in. high, 40 5/8in. wide, 22in. deep
Provenance
Mrs. Royalston Sibley (Royalston, Massachusetts)
Mrs. Edward N. Murdock (neice)
Edward Hamilton Murdock
Louise Hamilton Murdock
Present Owner
Mrs. Edward N. Murdock (neice)
Edward Hamilton Murdock
Louise Hamilton Murdock
Present Owner