circa 1770, with extravagantly carved desk interior, the prospect door opening to a removable section revealing a tier of small drawers and fitted into a removable box, and with two secret document drawers, the case with inset quarter columns and pierced brasses, ogee bracket feet, 42-1/2 x 40 x 22-1/2 in.
Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. James Eric Butt, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Sotheby's New York, January 17, 1997, lot 796; The Jerold Krouse Collection
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Mr. and Mrs. James Eric Butt, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Sotheby's New York, January 17, 1997, lot 796; The Jerold Krouse Collection
scattered restorations and repairs, possibly original brasses (lower drawer brasses reset), feet have been reset, small strip patch at prospect door attachment, probable strip patches at fall board hinges, rebuilding to some drawer secondary surfaces, one short drawer facing rebacked, some backboards reset and/or replaced, chip at lock catch, other scattered patches and repairs
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