A CHIPPENDALE INLAID WALNUT DESK-BOX

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A CHIPPENDALE INLAID WALNUT DESK-BOX
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1750-1780

The hinged molded rectangular top decorated with stringing and centered by a compass star over a conforming case enclosing an elaborately fitted interior with eleven valanced pigeonholes and eight small drawers and a hinged well with lidless compartments and two additional small drawers above a molded base, on bracket feet (hinge patches)--8 1/4in. high, 22 1/2in. wide, 16 1/2in. deep