Lot Essay
As shown in a December, 1932 photograph, this desk-and-bookcase was displayed in "Guest Room No. III" at Blairhame (see Introduction, fig. 15).
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PHILADELPHIA, 1775-1800
Details
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
Philadelphia, 1775-1800
With two of its original finials
97½ in. high, 42½ in. wide (knees), 22½ in. deep
Provenance
Cornell and Finney families of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Mr. Lafayette Finney
Purchased from Willoughby Farr, Edgewater, New Jersey, May 1929
Mr. Lafayette Finney
Purchased from Willoughby Farr, Edgewater, New Jersey, May 1929
Literature
The Magazine Antiques (March 1930), p. 239.