August Americana
Description:
Early Spanish Brown-painted Slant-lid Desk, possibly Massachusetts, early 18th century, the lid opens to a compartmented and multi-drawer interior with slide-lid well, above a double arch-molded case of two short and two long drawers, on turned ball feet, later surface, ht. 38 1/4, wd. 30, dp. 19 in.
Provenance: Northeast Auctions, 2006.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
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