Attributed to Nehemiah Adams, Salem, Massachusetts, late 18th Century

In two sections, each with a projecting center, the upper section with shaped cresting joining plinths, all topped by brass eagle finials, above glazed doors opening to shelves, on the lower section with central fall-front fitted desk drawer above two drawers flanked by short drawers and cupboard doors, all raised on tapered feet.

Height 93 3/4 inches, width 67 inches, depth 18 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Marsden J. Perry, New York.

William Randolph Hearst.

Sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., The William Randolph Hearst Collection: Part II, November 17, 18, and 19, 1938, Lot 565.

Eleanor 'Cissy' Medill Patterson, Mount Airy, Prince Georges County, Maryland.

Ann Bowie Watson Smith, Prince Georges County, Maryland.

Sold at Sotheby's, Important Americana, January 2008, Lot 34.

old refinish, missing minor inlay, two shelves added to cupboard section, cracks to lower case sides, minor losses to elements of fitted compartments.

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