Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh
VERY FINE AND RARE QUEEN ANNE RED STAINED MAPLE AND BIRCHWOOD SLANT-FRONT DESK-ON-FRAME, PROBABLY CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1760
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January 25, 06:44 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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VERY FINE AND RARE QUEEN ANNE RED STAINED MAPLE AND BIRCHWOOD SLANT-FRONT DESK-ON-FRAME, PROBABLY CONNECTICUT, CIRCA 1760
The upper section with a rectangular top above a hinged rectangular lid opening to an interior fitted with five valanced pigeonholes, four short drawers and a well with sliding lid; the lower section with a projecting molding and cyma-shaped skirt below on turned tapering legs and disk feet; appears to retain its original red-stained crackled finish and cast brass hardware.
Height 37 ½ in. by Width 30 ¼ in. by Depth 16 ½ in.
Israel Sack, Inc., New York;
Jess Pavery, Birmingham, Michigan;
Sotheby's New York, Important Americana from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Henry Meyer, January 20, 1996, sale 6801, lot 40;
Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut.
Joan Barzilay Freund, Masterpieces of Americana: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Henry Meyer, (New York; London: Sotheby's Books, 1995), p. 87.
This form is a precursor of the slant-front desk and is an exceptional example of this early two-part form. A closely related desk once in the George Alfred Cluett colelction is now in the collection of Historic Deerfield (acc. no. HD 2001.29.9). Another related desk is illustrated in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 9 (Alexandria, VA: Highland House Publishers, 1989), 2467.