Lot 838

838

A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY REVERSE-SERPENTINE SLANT-LID DESK

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY REVERSE-SERPENTINE SLANT-LID DESK

POSSIBLY BY JACOB FORSTER, BOSTON, MA, CIRCA 1780

Details

A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY REVERSE-SERPENTINE SLANT-LID DESK
Possibly by Jacob Forster, Boston, MA, circa 1780
Back bears an old paper label reading 178--/1780/Jacob Forster--/-re Boston, MASS
44 in. high, 42 in. wide, 23¼ in. deep

Provenance

Owned by descendants of Governor Winthrop

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