18th century, chestnut and white pine secondary woods, top section with tombstone doors opening to finely fitted interior with three drawers, base with fitted desk interior over four graduated long drawers with original batwing brasses, ogee bracket feet, 93-1/4 x 42-1/4 x 25 in.
Provenance: Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, Brooklyn, NY, in 1915; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
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Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, Brooklyn, NY, in 1915; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
replaced feet, one escutcheon with loss, finials likely replaced (they are walnut), some losses to applied moldings on finial plinths, central finial support with repair to break, top section proper right door with broken hinge, door hinges replaced (no patches), top section interior missing small shelves, interior fallboard formerly fitted with fabric or leather cover now removed, butterfly patches at back side of fallboard, typical minor surface wear with scattered pest damage to chestnut elements
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