ATTRIBUTED TO THE DUNLAP FAMILY, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1760-1780

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A CHIPPENDALE FIGURED MAPLE SLANT-FRONT DESK
ATTRIBUTED TO THE DUNLAP FAMILY, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1760-1780

42 ¼ in. high, 37 7/8 in. wide, 18 in. deep

Provenance

George Little, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Sally Little Rumrill (1797-1863), Bear Hill, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Thence by descent in the family

Literature

The Currier Gallery of Art, The Dunlaps and Their Furniture (Manchester, New Hampshire, 1970), cat. no. 70.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Illustrated in the seminal exhibition on furniture made by Dunlap family cabinetmakers, this desk was found in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Its interior drawer arrangement is virtually identical to an example attributed to Major John Dunlap (1746–1792) and now in the Currier Gallery of Art (The Dunlaps and Their Furniture, fig. 64).

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