ID 1362426
Lot 601 | A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT DESK-AND-BOOKCASE
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
BOSTON, 1760-1790
appears to retain its original hardware
96 in. high, 42 in. wide, 22 ½ in. deep
Provenance
According to tradition:
General Arad Hunt (1743-1825), Vernon, Vermont, and Hinsdale, New Hampshire
Thence by descent in the family
Mrs. John H. Harwood, Brookline, Massachusetts
Wayne Pratt, Inc., Woodbury, Connecticut, 1996
The Rosebrook Collection
Christie's, New York, 21 January 2015, lot 165
Literature
'The Furniture Collection of Mrs. John H. Harwood,' The Magazine Antiques (September 1946), p. 165.
Johanna McBrien, 'A Sense of Place', Antiques & Fine Art (Winter/Spring 2008), p. 209.
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Category: | Chests, Services |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Category: | Chests, Services |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Address of auction |
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