06-07-200906-07-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2460Boston
June 7, 2009 11:00 AMCalender
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Chippendale Tiger Maple Slant-lid Desk

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$2,489$2,100
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2460Location: BostonDate / Time: June 07, 2009 11:00AM

Description:

Chippendale Tiger Maple Slant-lid Desk, New England, late 18th century, the lid opens to a stepped interior of drawers and six valanced compartments, on a case of four thumbmolded graduated drawers on scrolled bracket base, old refinish with mellow patina, original brass bail pulls, (imperfections),ht. 41 1/2, wd. 37, dp. 17 1/4 in.

Provenance: Descendants of William H. Anderson to the present owner.

Note: This desk belonged to William H. Anderson, a prominent lawyer and politician in Lowell, Massachusetts. He most likely inherited it from his father, Francis D. Anderson of Londonderry, New Hampshire, the site of the Anderson Family farmstead, where William was born on January 12, 1836. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and later graduated from Yale. He then worked as a private tutor in Natchez, Miss. After returning to Massachusetts, he began to study law in the offices of Morse and Stevens of Lowell. After passing the bar in December 1862, he quickly rose to prominence and success in law and politics, and eventually served as director of the Lowell National Bank. Source: Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., (1908),p. 1665. Also see, History of Lowell and Its People , vol. II by Frederick William Coburn, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., (1928),pp. 77-78.

Note: This desk is sold along with a turned maple and horsehair brush, an engraving of William H. Anderson, and an old framed photograph of the Anderson family farmstead.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

shrinkage cracks to side of case, added understructure to base to strengthen, with built-in casters.

Keywords

William H. Anderson, Massachusetts, Anderson Family farmstead, Lowell, prominent lawyer and politician, New England, New Hampshire, Francis D. Anderson, Londonderry, Andover, Phillips Academy, Yale, Lowell National Bank, private tutor, Mississippi, Natchez, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., director, Middlesex County