Live Auction 2584Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Decorative Arts
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
Lot 50PROPERTY FROM AN OHIO ESTATE

A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT DESK-AND-BOOKCASE

ATTRIBUTED TO BENJAMIN FROTHINGHAM (1734-1809), CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 1750-1770

Closed24 September 2012

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USD 74,500

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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
ATTRIBUTED TO BENJAMIN FROTHINGHAM (1734-1809), CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 1750-1770
appears to retain its original brasses, door panels replaced
86 in. high, 41½ in. wide, 24 in. deep

Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 2007