North Carolina Chippendale Walnut Desk and Bookcase

Forsyth County (Salem), attributed to Johannes Krause, circa 1780, two part form, poplar and yellow pine secondary, the upper dovetailed bookcase with applied deep cove molded cornice, two hinged raised panel cabinet doors, shelved interior with ten small drawers below the lower shelf, the desk featuring a blind dovetailed case with walnut top with lipped raised panel fall front lid with hinge support, applied molded case surround, the stepped interior with three open central compartments flanked by four graduated tiered drawers, the case with applied molded lid support above four graduated drawers, applied base molding, shaped bracket foot base.

85.5 x 42.25 x 23.5 in., desk width 40.25 in., bookcase width 38.75 in.

From the Collection of Quincy and Betty Scarborough, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Accompanied by the July 1965 issue of ANTIQUES magazine, which focuses on Old Salem and on p. 92 illustrates a similar example with an article by Frank Horton on the furniture of Johannes Krause.

Desk interior lower right small drawer with divided compartment for ink well.

Lower long drawer with break/crack/loss to lower left drawer facing; later pulls; upper left small drawer with pencil inscription describing being refinished 1943.