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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK ESTATE
A WILLIAM AND MARY STYLE WALNUT AND FIGURED WALNUT KNEEHOLE DESK
INCORPORATING LATE 17TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
Details
A WILLIAM AND MARY STYLE WALNUT AND FIGURED WALNUT KNEEHOLE DESK
Incorporating late 17th century elements
The quarter-veneered featherbanded top with a hinged front section lifting to reveal a fall-front drawer, with leather writing surface and drawers, the underside of the top fitted with a book-rest, the base with four drawers flanking a recessed cupboard door enclosing a shelf, raised on later bun feet, inscribed to one drawer 5872 in yellow chalk
31¾in. (81cm.) high, 40in. (102cm.) wide, 26¼in. (66.5cm.) deep
Incorporating late 17th century elements
The quarter-veneered featherbanded top with a hinged front section lifting to reveal a fall-front drawer, with leather writing surface and drawers, the underside of the top fitted with a book-rest, the base with four drawers flanking a recessed cupboard door enclosing a shelf, raised on later bun feet, inscribed to one drawer 5872 in yellow chalk
31¾in. (81cm.) high, 40in. (102cm.) wide, 26¼in. (66.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Florian Papp Inc., New York.