Live Auction 1618Property From the Collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
A CHIPPENDALE FIGURED MAPLE DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
Lot 534

A CHIPPENDALE FIGURED MAPLE DESK-AND-BOOKCASE

PHILADELPHIA, 1775-1800

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USD 262,400

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A CHIPPENDALE FIGURED MAPLE DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
Philadelphia, 1775-1800
With two of its original finials
97½ in. high, 42½ in. wide (knees), 22½ in. deep

Cornell and Finney families of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Mr. Lafayette Finney
Purchased from Willoughby Farr, Edgewater, New Jersey, May 1929

Specialist note

As shown in a December, 1932 photograph, this desk-and-bookcase was displayed in "Guest Room No. III" at Blairhame (see Introduction, fig. 15).