RARE CA.1790S NEW ENGLAND TIGER/MAPLE SLANT FRONT DESK

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UP FOR SALE.SOLD WITH NO RESERVE. CA.1790S NEW ENGLAND TIGER/MAPLE SLANT FRONT DESK. FRESH NEW ENGLAND ESTATE FIND. CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS. GREAT QUALITY NEW ENGLAND DESK. FINE HAND CUT DOVETAILED CONSTRUCTION. NICE SOLID DESK.MADE OF VERY HEAVY SOLID MAPLE WOOD. THE BACK STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL BACK BOARDS HELD ON WITH HAND MADE ROSEHEAD NAILS. YOU CAN SEE THEIR IS SOME PAPER AND THEIR STUCK TO THE BACK. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU MAY FIND ITS ORIGINAL LABLE. CHECK OUT THE FINE LARGE DOVETAILS UNDER THE BOTTOM OF THE DESK. NICE LARGE SIZED HAND DOVETAILS,VERY WELL MADE PIECE. THE DESK IS IN GOOD OLD CONDITION ,NICE AND CLEAN,EXPECIALLY BEING 219 YEARS OLD. THE FINISH HAS BEEN DONE OVER,&MOST LIKELY HAD SOME REPAIRS OVER TIME. THE INNER DRAWER STRETCHERS HAVE HAD SOME WORK DONE OR REPLACED FOR GOOD USE. THE DRAWERS MOVE OUT NICE AND SMOOTH. THE ANTIQUE BRASS HARDWARE MAY BE ITS ORIGINAL, THEY LOOK GREAT AND MOST LIKELY ARE ORIGINAL. I BELEIVE THE BOTTOM BASE OR BRACKETT FEET HAS BEEN REPLACED OVER THE YEARS.VERY FINE BRACKETT FEET MOLDED BASE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST PHOTO OF THE BOTTOM . ALL THE DRAWERS HAVE THEIR ORIGINAL DRAWER BOTTOMS ,SOME HAVE SPLITS IN THE WOOD,AND STILL GOOD TO USE.ALL HAND PLANNED &CHAMFERED. VERY WELL MADE PIECE. AS YOU CAN SE IN THE PHOTOS ON THE LEFT SIDE ONLY HAS A TIGHT SPLIT IN THE WOOD , NICE AND TIGHT read more

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