A CHIPPENDALE CARVED WALNUT SLANT-FRONT DESK

CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1760-1780

Details

A CHIPPENDALE CARVED WALNUT SLANT-FRONT DESK
Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1760-1780
The rectangular slant-lid with molded edge opening to a fitted interior with central prospect door, blocked short document drawers and valanced pigeonholes all over a case fitted with two thumbmolded short drawers above three thumbmolded long drawers flanked by fluted quarter columns, appears to retain original brasses
44in. high, 41in. wide, 23in. deep

Provenance

Armstrong's Old Mill Shop, 1960

Lot Essay

A closely related slant front desk from the Batten Collection made for James Hamilton (1710-1783), Mayor of Philadelphia in 1745, Sold in these Rooms, June 19, 1996, lot 163. Another is illustrated in Sack, American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 5, p. 1302, fig. P4226.