CHIPPENDALE TIGER-MAPLE SLANT-FRONT DESK,Late 18th century, New England. The cross-banded slant-front opens to fitted interior above four graduated drawers with brass bail-handle pulls; raised on four ogee-bracket feet flanking a fan-carved drop pendant - 43 in. x 41 in. x 23 1/4 in. Estimate $1,000-1,500
Very good condition. Top with traces of old ink residue or possibly old candle wax; small loss to corner of interior drawer bottom in section of ink stain; handles old but probably not original; loss to top left corner molding of slant-front retained
