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CHIPPENDALE SCROLL TOP SECRETARY AND BOOKCASE

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Connecticut River Valley, ca. 1780
Cherry, secondary eastern white pine
Condition: Excellent condition. Appears to retain original brass, old repair to lid, replaced finials.
This Chippendale secretary is a fine example, among a group of cabinet makers working in the Connecticut River Valley.
The bookcase has a scrolled arch top and three finials above well-defined tombstone raised panel doors opening to a fitted interior with shelves and conforming concave demi-lunes.
The lower case is fitted with a molding on the desk top above a slant-lid desk having an interior with a central prospect door flanked by column form document drawers and pigeon holes above drawers. The case has four graduated drawers supported on slight ogee bracket feet with a carved, shaped central drop pendant.

Dimensions: 94" h. (top of finial), 37 3/4" w. (case of desk), 18 3/4" d. (at feet)

More Information

Origin:	United States
Period:	18th Century
Creation Date:	1780
Styles / Movements:	Chippendale
Dealer Reference #:	F-CP-SC 021
Incollect Reference #:	363750

Dimensions

W.	37.75 in;	H.	94 in;	D.	18.75 in;
W.	95.89 cm;	H.	238.76 cm;	D.	47.63 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.