The Kindig Collection: Important American Furniture, Paintings, Silver & Decorative Arts

The Kindig Collection: Important American Furniture, Paintings, Silver & Decorative Arts

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Rare Chippendale Figured Slant Front Desk-on-Frame, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1770

Auction Closed

January 22, 09:24 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Rare Chippendale Figured Slant Front Desk-on-Frame

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Circa 1770


Appears to retain its original cast brass hardware and and early undisturbed historic surface.


Height 44 1/4 in. by Width 39 in. by Depth 22 1/2 in.

A walnut desk-on-frame of the similar form is in the collection of Winterthur Museum (acc. no. 1964.1064) and illustrated in Joseph Downs, American Furniture (New York: The MacMillan Company, 1952), no. 221.