Cherry and Birch Inlaid Oxbow Serpentine Bureau

Description:

Cherry and Birch Inlaid Oxbow Serpentine Bureau, probably New Hampshire, c. 1790, the shaped overhanging top above a cockbeaded case of four string-inlaid graduated drawers, all on carved ball-and-claw feet, original oval brasses, original red washed surface, (minor imperfections),ht. 35, wd. 41 1/4, dp. 19 1/2 in.

Provenance: Winthrop Edwards Fiske, Mabel Cilley Fiske, Exeter, New Hampshire, to their daughter Judith Cogswell Fiske Gross. Mabel's daughter, Bradbury Longfellow Cilley, was the professor of classical languages at Phillips Exeter Academy.
Estimate $400-600

minor staining to top, case has shrunk so the drawers protrude from the front of the case.


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