Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2431Location: BostonDate / Time: November 01, 2008 3:00PM
Description:
Chippendale Mahogany Reverse Serpentine Bureau, Massachusetts, c. 1760-80, with molded overhanging top and cockbeaded case, original brasses, old refinish, ht. 31 1/4, case wd. 35 3/4, dp. 22 in.
Provenance: Herbert Foster Otis of Fisher Hill, Brookline, by descent to the present owners.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
dovetailed slide-on top, base with large dovetail at front of the case; drawer runners patched; some staining to top; minor losses to cockbeading (above third drawer and at top front left)