southern-chippendale-style-walnut-desk-and-bookcase
Lot 140
Southern Chippendale Style Walnut Desk and Bookcase
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century custom upper bookcase together with a circa 1800 slant front desk, two part form, yellow pine secondary, the bookcase with a stepped cornice and stylized dentil molding, each hinged door with six window lights, molded mullions, shelved interior, the dovetailed desk with a hinged lipped slant lid with loper supports, divided interior with nine valanced pigeonholes and eight small drawers, four graduated drawers with scratch bead, upper and lower case with reeded corner columns, later ogee bracket feet.

89.5 x 44 x 22 in.

Top and base associated; later feet; small facing by left loper missing; missing escutcheon at lid.