A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SLANT-FRONT DESK
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SLANT-FRONT DESK

MASSACHUSETTS, 1750-1780

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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SLANT-FRONT DESK
Massachusetts, 1750-1780
The rectangular top above a thumbmolded slant lid enclosing a compartmented interior fitted with a shell-carved prospect door flanked by four long drawers over eight valanced pigeonholes above a conforming case fitted with four graduated serpentine front drawers with cockbeaded surrounds above a drop pendant, on cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet
43¾in. high, 45¾in wide, 23½in. deep

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