Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant-Front Desk-and-Bookcase Boston, Circa 1760-1780

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Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant-Front Desk-and-Bookcase Boston, Circa 1760-1780:
$6000.00

LOT 82
Seller\'s Estimate: USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00
Chippendale Mahogany Oxbow Slant-Front Desk-and-Bookcase Boston, Circa 1760-1780

Boston, Circa 1760-1780
In two parts: the upper section having two cyma-molded inset panel doors enclosing an arrangement of nine cubbyholes above two short drawers and a central adjustable shelf above two candle slides, the slanted hinged writing lid opening to view a central arch glazed prospect door enclosing two shell-and-block drawers flanked by two half-pilaster turned document drawers and an arrangement of four valanced pigeonholes surrounded by two sunburst-carved square drawers and an arrangement of six drawers. Finials probably replaced; chip to right section of writing lid; prospect door glazed panel probably added and lacking lock; area broken where slant-front lock engages.
Height: 92 in (233.7 cm); Width: 44-1/2 in (113 cm); Depth: 22 in (55.9 cm)Property of Various Owners

Provenance:
John Dennett, born 1760, Portsmouth NH;
To his daughter, Harriet N. Dennett, born 1802, Buxton, ME;
To her son, John Woodman Elden, born 1831, Maine;
To his daughter, Eldena Elden Packard, born 1855, Maine;
To her son, Roscoe Millikan Packard, born 1889, West Newton, MA
By descent to husband of present owner

As noted in catalogue; cracks and gouge to slant front; loss to top of slant front; crack to panel door of top section; cracks to reeded pilasters of upper section; cracks to each side of each section; lopers with repaired cracks; repair to back left foot; front right leg with replaced return; repairs and losses to pediment; underside of top drawer with pencil inscription Buxton March 5, 1868 Harriet H. Elden/ Buxton March 22 1860 and Harriet H Elden, Buxton May 11 1874/ All is Sad, lonely to me; inner writing surface of desk is maple, possibly later but appears to be old; prospect door lacking pin for hinge and lacking escutcheon; some losses and replacements to pulls on interior drawers; brasses appear to be original.

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