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Lot 19

Sale 2337 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Apr 28, 2020 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$10,000 - 15,000
Price Realized
$25,000
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Chippendale figured walnut secretary desk Made for Jeremiah Wood, by Joseph Kimsey, Deptford, Gloucester County, NJ, 1791

Faint inscription to bottom of top drawer, "This desk made for Jeremiah Wood in the year 1791 by Joseph Kimsey, son of Job Kimsey." The desk is accompanied by Jeremiah Wood's account book, which lists a number of pieces of furniture purchased from Kimsey, including this desk listed at 15 pounds. The bottom of lowest drawer inscribed, "This desk repaired October 4th, 183?, by Abraham Kirby, Haddonfield, N.J."

H: 100 in. W: 40 1/2 in. D: 24 in.

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