Shaker Butternut and Cherry Desk

Description:

Shaker Butternut and Cherry Desk, attributed to Orrin Haskins, Watervliet, New York, early 19th century, the shaped dovetailed gallery above two banks of three short drawers with porcelain pulls, on a projecting table base with overhanging top and case of two half drawers and long drawer with turned wooden pulls, all on square tapering legs, old refinish, (imperfections),ht. 44 1/2, wd. 32 1/2, dp. 21 3/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased in Woodstock, Illinois, from a family whose relative was given the desk while working for the Mount Lebanon Shakers.

Exhibitions: The Orrin Haskins Exhibit, Hancock Shaker Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Estimate $6,000-8,000


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