ID 1362340
Lot 583 | A CHIPPENDALE FIGURED MAPLE SLANT-FRONT DESK
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 10 000
POSSIBLY JOHN WHEELER GEER (1753-1828), PRESTON, NEW LONDON COUNTY, CONNECTICUT, 1775-1800
the back of one interior desk drawer inscribed in graphite Caleb Gates; appears to retain original hardware
41 ¾ in. high, 36 ¼ in. wide, 17 ¾ in. deep
Provenance
Possibly Captain Caleb Gates (1735-1816), Preston, Connecticut and Charlton, New York
James M. Hansen Antiques, Santa Barbara, California, 1974
The Gail-Oxford Collection, Sold to Benefit the Huntington Library;
Christie's, New York, 23 January 2015, lot 127
Literature
David A. Schorsch, 'Living With Antiques: The Gail Oxford Collection of American Antiques in Southern California,' The Magazine Antiques (September 1992), pp. 353, 357, 358, pls. I and XI.
Harold B. Nelson, In Ye Grandest Manner and After Ye Newest Fashion (Long Beach, 2000), np.
Exhibited
Long Beach, California, Long Beach Museum of Art, In Ye Grandest Manner and After Ye Newest Fashion, 24 September-26 November 2000.
| Medium: | Maple, Wood |
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| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Place of origin: | Connecticut |
| Category: | Services |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Medium: | Maple, Wood |
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| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Place of origin: | Connecticut |
| Category: | Services |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Address of auction |
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