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BOSTON, 1770-1790
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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY REVERSE-SERPENTINE SLANT FRONT DESK
Boston, 1770-1790
The rectangular top above a conforming case with thumbmolded slant lid opening to reveal a compartmented interior fitted with a shell-carved prospect door flanked by two document drawers with engaged baluster-turned columns further flanked by valanced pigeonholes and four drawers, two shell-carved over five short drawers, all above four graduated reverse serpentine-front drawers over a molded base, on cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet (lid and feet replaced)
42in. high, 43in. wide, 22¾in. deep
Boston, 1770-1790
The rectangular top above a conforming case with thumbmolded slant lid opening to reveal a compartmented interior fitted with a shell-carved prospect door flanked by two document drawers with engaged baluster-turned columns further flanked by valanced pigeonholes and four drawers, two shell-carved over five short drawers, all above four graduated reverse serpentine-front drawers over a molded base, on cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet (lid and feet replaced)
42in. high, 43in. wide, 22¾in. deep