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Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 8, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Carved Mahogany Slant-lid Desk

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$3,690$3,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2838MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 09, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Carved Mahogany Slant-lid Desk, attributed to Nathaniel Gould (1734-1781),Salem, Massachusetts, c. 1758-68, the lid opens to a stepped interior of three concave carved drawers topped by a fan with flanking document drawers with engaged balusters and four valanced compartments and two shaped drawers on two projecting half drawers, the cockbeaded case of four graduated drawers on bracket feet, old replaced brasses, early surface, (imperfections),ht. 42 1/4, wd. 39 1/4, dp. 20 in.\

Literature: For a discussion of Gould desks, see Widmer and King, In Plain Sight: Discovering the Furniture of Nathaniel Gould, London: The Peabody Essex Museum, in association with D. Giles, Ltd., 2014, pp. 116-27.

Note: Original bracket base with removed decorative elements.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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Keywords

Nathaniel Gould, Salem, Massachusetts, London, D. Giles Ltd., Peabody Essex Museum