Tiger Maple Slant-lid Desk

Tiger Maple Slant-lid Desk, southeastern New England, third quarter 18th century, the lid opens to an interior of pigeonholes and drawers, above a case of four thumb-molded graduated drawers on cutout bracket feet, ht. 42 3/4, wd. 37 1/2, dp. 20 in.

Provenance: Reportedly descended in the family of Dr. Owen Battey or Nathaniel Olmstead of South Scituate, Rhode Island, according to a modern note found in the desk. Purchased from Bill Burdick, 1976.
The Marge Staufer Americana Collection