LATE 18TH CENTURY CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SLANT-FRONT DESK WITH PAINTED FLORAL MOTIF,Circa 1795, later gilt floral paint-decorations. Slant front supported by lopers, opening to drawers above pigeon holes; lower case four graduated drawers fitted with brass pulls; shaped bracket feet. - 42" high x 39" wide x 20 1/4" deep. Estimate $500-600
Replaced hardware throughout; significant veneer replacements at top left with light, scattered age cracks and pitting; full length vertical age cracks to right and left sides; veneer patches to slant front; replaced and patched hinges with losses to veneer and water marks in particular at left side; slight scattered staining and abrasions to lower section; patches to verso, replaced sections to left side of apron.
