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American Furniture and Decorative Arts
8:00 AM PT - Nov 8th, 2009

 

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Skinner

 



Massachusetts, MA .
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Lot 71 save

Chippendale Mahogany Carved Slant-lid Desk, Benjami

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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.

Condition report



Condition: the lid is a replacement; repairs and a couple replacments to base.

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