Chippendale Carved Cherrywood Reverse-Serpentine Bonnet-Top Slant-Front Desk-and-Bookcase, Connecticut, circa 1785

Property from the Collection of a Founding Family of Connecticut
Chippendale Carved Cherrywood Reverse-Serpentine Bonnet-Top Slant-Front Desk-and-Bookcase
Connecticut
circa 1785

Appears to retain its original cast brass hardware and finials.
Height 84 1/4 in. by Width 40 1/2 in. by Depth 22 1/4 in.

Condition Report:
With key; the proper right lid baton with a 5/8 by 15 in. patch to outer-most edge; several patches to full lid at location of hinges; patches to writing surface; bottom 1 inch of length of full lid replaced, hinges replaced on fall lid. Lock replaced; keyhole escutcheon replaced on prospect door of interior. Appears to retain is original central drop on base.

Provenance:
Fred Nadler, Bay Head, New Jersey;
Property from the Collection of Fred F. and Lois K. Rogers;
Sotheby’s, New York, Important Americana, January 24, 2009, lot 200.