Lot 192
  • 192

The Sullivan Family Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Block-Front Slant-Front Desk-and-Bookcase, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1770

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • mahogany
  • Height 93 1/2 in. by Width 40 1/2 in. by Depth 23 in.

Provenance

Sullivan Family, Salem, Massachusetts;
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Weintraub, Poolesville, Maryland;
Bernard & S. Dean Levy Inc., New York

Literature

Bernard and S. Dean Levy Inc. advertisement, The Magazine Antiques, (February 1989): 355.

Condition

secondary wood is white pine. finials replaced.
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