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Rare Chippendale Desk and Bookcase

Creator: Chippendale Style
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
English, ca. 1770.
Mahogany, oak and pine secondary woods.
The over-hanging dentil molded cornice is above glazed panel cabinet doors with shaped mullions enclosing shelves resting on top of a desk with a writing slide above two short and one long drawer supported by chamfered square legs.
Condition: Fine condition, one minor repair to the front leg where it joins the case, otherwise in excellent contition.
Provenance: Colonial Antiques, Norfolk, Virginia

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	England
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Mahogany, oak and pine secondary woods
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	ca. 1770
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Chippendale
Dealer Reference #:	F-CP-D 012
Incollect Reference #:	162371

Dimensions

W.	42.5 in;	H.	81 in;	Diam.	18.25 in;
W.	107.95 cm;	H.	205.74 cm;	Diam.	46.36 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.