Premier Auction - Session I
Fri, Sep 16, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 553
Chinese Chippendale Fretwork Leather Top Partner's Desk
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
British, 18th/19th century, with brown tooled leather top over three blind fretwork drawers on each side, dovetailed construction, oak linings, blind fretwork molded legs, rich, brown color, 30 x 57-1/2 x 32-1/2 in.
Provenance: The Important Private Collection of a Rocky Mountain Couple
Condition
some possible alterations (each leg with two small plugged mortise holes at sides), old leather top with wear and distress (butterfly patches to core wood evident through leather), accompanied by four period brass and leather casters, now removed, scattered minor losses to applied fretwork at legs, shrinkage cracks at top molding
