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American & Southern | March 13, 2025

Thu, Mar 13, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1077

Fine American Chippendale Figured Mahogany Block Front Knee Hole Bureau

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

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Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1770, mahogany with white pine secondary, original bold batwing brasses and escutcheons, tombstone door and dovetailed drawers, bracket feet, early Worcester, Massachusetts history, 30 x 36 x 20-1/4 in.

Provenance: Drawer with early label "This mahogany locker was owned by Captain Samuel Brooks, first of the name in Worcester, Mass. ..."; Bernard and S. Dean Levy, New York (with label inside top drawer); From a Private Arizona Collection, with copy of old appraisal from Levy Galleries for $90,000

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Drawer with early label "This mahogany locker was owned by Captain Samuel Brooks, first of the name in Worcester, Mass. ..."; Bernard and S. Dean Levy, New York (with label inside top drawer); From a Private Arizona Collection

excellent condition, appears to retain its original brasses, top with plugs from later screw attachments, original feet and most blocking, with copy of old appraisal from Levy Galleries for $90,000