$28,200
Chippendale Mahogany Carved and Mahogany Veneer Slant-lid Oxbow Serpentine Desk, attributed to William King, Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1780, the thumbmolded lid opens to an interior of a central fan-carved and concave blocked drawer and two graduated drawers below, flanked by two valanced compartments, fan-carved drawers, and three drawers, above a serpentine case of four cockbeaded graduated drawers, on four gadroon-carved cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet, with conformingly carved knee returns, centering a shaped, scroll-carved and pierced drop pendant, original brass pulls and escutcheons, old finish, (minor imperfections), ht. 44 3/4, wd. 42, dp. 23 1/2 in. Provenance: Timothy Pickering, Salem, Massachusetts. Literature: For a chest of drawers with similarly gadroon-carved base and pierced drop pendant, see The Magazine Antiques , January, 1930, p. 31; and Fales, Dean A., Essex County Furniture: Documented Treasures from Local Collections 1660-1860 , Essex Institute loan exhibition catalogue, 1965, fig. 25; Additional similar gadrooning appears on a desk illustrated in The Magazine Antiques , November, 1944, p. 263. The latter example sold at Christie's New York, in January 1983 at the sale of the contents of The Lindens, the Washington, D.C., home of Mr. and Mrs. George Maurice Morris. Both examples listed above have been associated with William King, of Salem, Massachusetts. Note: Timothy Pickering was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in July 1745. He graduated Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-06
