Sold for:
$7,380
$7,380
Shaker Bittersweet-stained Butternut, Maple, and Tiger Maple Deaconess Desk, Enfield, Connecticut, c. 1840, the lid with red oilcloth covering opens to an interior with single drawer with turned wooden pull, overall ht. 27 3/4, case wd. 21, case dp. 16 1/2 in. Provenance: A signed note signed "Dryden Clark" found inside the drawer reads: "Dr. Clyde A. Clark, my Grandfather, purchased this desk from the Shakers in Enfield, Ct. for my father Foster D. Clark when he was a boy, and has remained in my family since then."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-06-04
