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Lot 2256
New England Queen Anne Tiger Maple Slant Front Desk on Frame
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1760, chestnut and poplar secondary, two part form, dovetailed case, hinged lipped slant lid with bread board ends, loper supports, stepped interior with eight pigeonholes and ten small drawers featuring an upper central cut-out and spurred central drawer, the case with three lipped graduated drawers, the frame with applied molded upper trim, scalloped skirt, short cabriole legs with pad feet.

38.75 x 37 x 19 in., case width 33.75 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Cut/patch to top board at rear edge; later pulls; drawer bottoms rebuilt with wormy chestnut; middle drawer missing lock; the frame is old but the legs are later.