A Chippendale Walnut Slant-Front Desk
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Late 18th Century
the slant front revealing fitted interior with hidden drawers to well, over a long drawer above two short drawers over two graduated long drawers, on molded base with ogee feet, one short drawer inscribed in chalk to underside, "Logan 1792".
Height 44 x width 39 5/8 x depth 22 1/4 inches.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance:
Kenneth E. Tuttle Antiques, Gardiner, Maine.
The chalk inscription may refer to the Logan Family of Philadelphia, who owned a country home called Stenton, located on North 18th Street in the neighborhood called Logan.
