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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SLANT-FRONT DESK
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 1765-1785
With thumb-molded slant lid opening to a fitted interior comprised of a shell carved concave blocked central prospect door enclosing a bank of three small concave blocked drawers flanked on either side by three valanced pigeonholes and a compartment with a double arcaded drawer over a blocked drawer and a concave blocked drawer, the case with four thumb-molded graduated long drawers over a molded base, on cyma bracket feet-41½in. high, 38in. wide, 22 2/3in. deep
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 1765-1785
With thumb-molded slant lid opening to a fitted interior comprised of a shell carved concave blocked central prospect door enclosing a bank of three small concave blocked drawers flanked on either side by three valanced pigeonholes and a compartment with a double arcaded drawer over a blocked drawer and a concave blocked drawer, the case with four thumb-molded graduated long drawers over a molded base, on cyma bracket feet-41½in. high, 38in. wide, 22 2/3in. deep