Description:
Slant-front desk in cherry, which was originally mahoganized. According to family tradition, the desk, which descended in the Stebbins and Wright families, was made by Moses Stebbins (1731-1815) of Deerfield or possibly his son, Moses (1762-1800). The case has a flat top over a slanted lid; over a slide with a brass pull on each side used to support the lid; over four graduated long drawers with molded edges (the top drawer is not as deep as the lower three); over a molded base; over a carved apron with a center drop; over four bracket feet. The brasses have been replaced. The lid, which becomes the writing surface, conceals an interior cabinet with open pigeon holes and drawers; there are flutes and scrolls on the two document drawers; a carved sunburst on the center drawer flanked by two vertical fluted slides and scrolls on the side brackets, which are broken off in front. The treatment of the interior is unusual with dividers that soar upward; and the desk is shallower than most slant-front desks.
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