Lot 443
443
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY REVERSE-SERPENTINE SLANT-FRONT DESK, Salem, Massachusetts, 1760-1780, the rectangular thumbmolded slant lid opening to a fitted interior with shell carved prospect door enclosing two concave shell carved drawers flanked by quarter columns further flanked by two small shell carved drawers above two pigeonholes with shaped dividers flanked by two concave small drawers, the upper shell carved, above three small drawers, all over a reverse-serpentine case fitted with four graduated long drawers above a molded base with shaped drop pendants centering a carved shell, on short cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet--44 5/8in. high, 44 3/8in. wide, 25in. deep

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY REVERSE-SERPENTINE SLANT-FRONT DESK, Salem, Massachusetts, 1760-1780, the rectangular thumbmolded slant lid opening to a fitted interior with shell carved prospect door enclosing two concave shell carved drawers flanked by quarter columns further flanked by two small shell carved drawers above two pigeonholes with shaped dividers flanked by two concave small drawers, the upper shell carved, above three small drawers, all over a reverse-serpentine case fitted with four graduated long drawers above a molded base with shaped drop pendants centering a carved shell, on short cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet--44 5/8in. high, 44 3/8in. wide, 25in. deep

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The shell carved stepped interior, reverse-serpentine case and shaped pendant drops are all characteristics of Salem Massachusetts

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