Lot Essay
A related desk is illustrated in Sack, American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection (Vol. 1, no. 486), p. 191.
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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED SOUTHERN COLLECTOR
A QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND INLAID CHERRYWOOD DESK
CONNECTICUT, 1750-1770
Details
A QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND INLAID CHERRYWOOD DESK
Connecticut, 1750-1770
The rectangular top with slant lid opening to a fitted interior with central star-inlaid drawer flanked by serpentine and blocked tiers of drawers and further flanked by shaped drawers and pigeon holes, above a rectangular case fitted with four graduated drawers over a shaped central drop, on cabriole legs with pad feet
43in. high, 41in. wide, 20¼in. deep
Connecticut, 1750-1770
The rectangular top with slant lid opening to a fitted interior with central star-inlaid drawer flanked by serpentine and blocked tiers of drawers and further flanked by shaped drawers and pigeon holes, above a rectangular case fitted with four graduated drawers over a shaped central drop, on cabriole legs with pad feet
43in. high, 41in. wide, 20¼in. deep
Provenance
Elizabeth Sapadin, Haddonfield, New Jersey
John S. Walton, New York
John S. Walton, New York