A CHIPPENDALE CARVED WALNUT SLANT-FRONT DESK

PHILADELPHIA, 1760-1780

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED WALNUT SLANT-FRONT DESK
philadelphia, 1760-1780
The rectangular thumbmolded slant-lid opening to a compartmented interior, all over a case fitted with two thumbmolded short drawers above three graduated thumbmolded long drawers flanked by fluted quarter columns over a shaped drop pendant, on ogee bracket feet, appears to retain original brasses
45¾in. high, 42in. wide, 23½in. deep

拍品專文

By tradition, this desk is said to have descended in the family of Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741), attorney general of Pennsylvania by 1717. As he did of yellow fever in the summer of 1741, it is more likely that this desk was owned by his son James Hamilton (1710-1783). James Hamilton became mayor of Phildalphia in 1745, lieutenant-governor in 1748, and governor in 1752.

For a closely related example see Sack,American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 5, p. 1302, fig. P4226.