Details
A CHIPPENDALE MAPLE SLANT-FRONT DESK
NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1750-1770
The rectangular thumbmolded slant lid opening to a fitted interior with ten valanced pigeonholes over five short drawers, over one short drawer flanked by two vertical drawers flanked by two long drawers, the center short drawers with fan carving and additional secret drawers behind, all over four graduated thumbmolded long drawers, on sawtooth carved base, on ogee bracket feet--42 1/4in. high, 38in. wide, 30 1/2in. deep (open)
NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1750-1770
The rectangular thumbmolded slant lid opening to a fitted interior with ten valanced pigeonholes over five short drawers, over one short drawer flanked by two vertical drawers flanked by two long drawers, the center short drawers with fan carving and additional secret drawers behind, all over four graduated thumbmolded long drawers, on sawtooth carved base, on ogee bracket feet--42 1/4in. high, 38in. wide, 30 1/2in. deep (open)
Literature
The Currier Gallery of Art, The Dunlaps and their Furniture,
Manchester, NH, 1970.
Manchester, NH, 1970.