AN AMERICAN 'CHIPPENDALE' MAHOGANY 'BLOCK-FRONT' KNEEHOLE DESK
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AN AMERICAN 'CHIPPENDALE' MAHOGANY 'BLOCK-FRONT' KNEEHOLE DESK
BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS, CIRCA 1760
Details
The oblong thumb-moulded top above a long frieze drawer over two banks of three drawers flanking a central kneehole with three graduated drawers, the moulded base with shaped pendant on bracket feet, the handles later replaced
30 1/4 in. (77 cm.) high; 36 1/4 in. (92 cm.) wide; 21 1/2 in. (55 cm.) deep
Provenance
Captain Josiah Bigelow (b.1750) and Harriet Bigelow, née Parker (b.1743), Framingham Center, Massachusetts;
thence by descent until 1965.
With Harry Arons Antiques, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Property from the Estate of Clare Hix Martin, Bronxville, New York; sold Sotheby's New York, 28 January 1993, lot 1203.
Literature
A. Sack, Fine Points of Furniture, Early American, New York, 1950, p. 151.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSSETTS, CIRCA 1760
Details
The oblong thumb-moulded top above a long frieze drawer over two banks of three drawers flanking a central kneehole with three graduated drawers, the moulded base with shaped pendant on bracket feet, the handles later replaced
30 1/4 in. (77 cm.) high; 36 1/4 in. (92 cm.) wide; 21 1/2 in. (55 cm.) deep
Provenance
Captain Josiah Bigelow (b.1750) and Harriet Bigelow, née Parker (b.1743), Framingham Center, Massachusetts;
thence by descent until 1965.
With Harry Arons Antiques, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Property from the Estate of Clare Hix Martin, Bronxville, New York; sold Sotheby's New York, 28 January 1993, lot 1203.
Literature
A. Sack, Fine Points of Furniture, Early American, New York, 1950, p. 151.
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AN AMERICAN 'CHIPPENDALE' MAHOGANY 'BLOCK-FRONT' KNEEHOLE DESK
Estimate £6,000 - £10,000
Starting Price £3,000
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