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Chippendale Blocked-Front Secretary

Creator: Chippendale Style
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Connecticut River Valley, Possibly Northampton-Springfield Area
Ca. 1760-1775.
Cherry, white pine secondary wood
Condition: Fine condition, retaining the original flame finials. One replaced backboard on uppercase, replaced brass with minor shrinkage cracks to feet which are all original.
The top portion has a closed bonnet-top above tomb-stone raised panel doors opening to a fitted interior resting on the desk top with waist molding. The lower portion has a slant-top desk lid opening to an amphitheater interior with valences above blocked drawers flanking a fan-carved central prospect door, all above four graduated blocked-front drawers supported by conforming bracket feet. Rare to find New England secretaries made from native cherry wood.
Provenance: Private Collection, Roxbury, CT, purchased, 1997.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States
Period:	18th Century
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	ca. 1760-1775
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Chippendale
Dealer Reference #:	F-CP-SC 016
Incollect Reference #:	141605

Dimensions

W.	38.75 in;	H.	92 in;	D.	22.5 in;
W.	98.43 cm;	H.	233.68 cm;	D.	57.15 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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