AN AMERICAN 'CHIPPENDALE' MAHOGANY 'BLOCK-FRONT' BUREAU BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1770

The rectangular top above a hinged flap revealing a fitted interior with pigeon-holes and drawers, one drawer and a central cupboard door carved with fan decoration, the central door flanked by two vertical drawers carved with flaming urns above four serpentine carved drawers on a moulded base above foliate carved cabriole legs on claw-and-ball feet, the interior with restoration, the drawer handles and escutcheons replaced
441⁄4 in. (112.5 cm) high; 421⁄4 in. (106.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance
Mr. Lemuel Haskins, Massachusetts (1734-1841);
Thence by descent.
Acquired from the above by Israel Sack, Inc., New York.
Property of a Pennsylvania Lady; Sotheby's, New York, 19 January 1996, lot 1579.