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Chippendale Mahogany Carved Slant-lid Desk, Benjamin Brown, 1777, Salem , Massachusetts, brasses appear to be original, refinished, (restored), ht. 44, wd. 42, dp. 22 in. Note: An interior drawer is signed in ink, "Benjamin Brown made this desk in the year 1777." Literature: Artists and Craftsman of Essex County, Massachusetts , by Henry Wyckoff Belknap, pub. The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1927, on p. 31 lists Benjamin Brown as a cabinetmaker in Salem, and also that he purchased land there in 1767. the lid is a replacement; repairs and a couple replacments to base.


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2009-11-08

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