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CONNECTICUT, 1760-1780
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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED AND INLAID CHERRYWOOD BLOCK-AND-SHELL DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
Connecticut, 1760-1780
In two parts: the upper section with broken swan's-neck pediment with circular punch-decorated and line-inlaid termini centering a plinth surmounted by urn and spiral-turned punch-decorated finials above a frieze centering a Mariner's Star, all over a conforming case fitted with two line-inlaid cupboard doors centering similar Mariner's Star inlaid panels opening to a fitted interior with various sized pigeonholes with molded dividers, all flanked by fluted pilasters with molded punch-decorated capitals and bases flanked by quarter-columns above two candleslides; the lower section with a rectangular line-inlaid slant-lid centering an inlaid Mariner's Star opening to an interior fitted with a central bay fitted with line-inlaid block-and-shell-carved short drawers over a blocked X-carved short drawer flanked by fluted quarter-columns and document drawers flanked by a bay of two line-inlaid short drawers above a line-inlaid short drawer flanked by a bay of two line-inlaid short drawers over a line inlaid short drawer flanked by a bay of shell-carved short drawers over a line-inlaid short drawer, all above three shaped short drawers, all over a blocked case fitted with a long drawer with a central scrolling concave shell flanked by scrolling concave oval shells with punch-decorative ovals, the top drawer flanked by punch-decorated slides and tablet, above two blocked long drawers with a molded base, on short cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet
95in. high, 46in. wide, 25in. deep
Connecticut, 1760-1780
In two parts: the upper section with broken swan's-neck pediment with circular punch-decorated and line-inlaid termini centering a plinth surmounted by urn and spiral-turned punch-decorated finials above a frieze centering a Mariner's Star, all over a conforming case fitted with two line-inlaid cupboard doors centering similar Mariner's Star inlaid panels opening to a fitted interior with various sized pigeonholes with molded dividers, all flanked by fluted pilasters with molded punch-decorated capitals and bases flanked by quarter-columns above two candleslides; the lower section with a rectangular line-inlaid slant-lid centering an inlaid Mariner's Star opening to an interior fitted with a central bay fitted with line-inlaid block-and-shell-carved short drawers over a blocked X-carved short drawer flanked by fluted quarter-columns and document drawers flanked by a bay of two line-inlaid short drawers above a line-inlaid short drawer flanked by a bay of two line-inlaid short drawers over a line inlaid short drawer flanked by a bay of shell-carved short drawers over a line-inlaid short drawer, all above three shaped short drawers, all over a blocked case fitted with a long drawer with a central scrolling concave shell flanked by scrolling concave oval shells with punch-decorative ovals, the top drawer flanked by punch-decorated slides and tablet, above two blocked long drawers with a molded base, on short cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet
95in. high, 46in. wide, 25in. deep
Provenance
The Howland Family, Adams, Massachusetts
By descent through the family
Howard Howland Brown
Sold in these Rooms, June 21, 1995, lot 224
By descent through the family
Howard Howland Brown
Sold in these Rooms, June 21, 1995, lot 224
Sale room notice
Please note that a remnant of a newspaper was discovered behind a drawer with an advertisement dated "1847 Pittstown".