Chippendale Secretary Desk
c. 1760-1780
Artists
Description
In two parts, the upper section with swan's neck pediment with three flame and urn finials above two arched panel doors opening to a fitted interior, the lower section with thumbmolded slant lid opening to a fitted interior with a fan-carved prospect door flanked by two stacks of three drawers, also fan-carved, above a block-front desk with four graduated long drawers over a conforming apron centering a drop pendant on ogee bracket feet, proper left back foot pieced.
Dimensions
228.6 x 101.6 x 54.6 cm (90 x 40 x 21 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Mrs. Roger I. Lee, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965
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