Rare Queen Anne Maple Carved Slant Lid Desk, probably Connecticut, last half 18th century, with a triple fan-carved valanced multi-drawer interior centering a wooden clockwork mechanism which activates a serpent with pointed tongue to guard against unauthorized entry, refinished, ht. 41 1/2, wd. 34, dp. 18 in. Provenance: The Garbisch Collection, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., May 1980, lot 687.
Rare Queen Anne Maple Carved Slant Lid Desk, probably Connecticut, last half 18th century, with a triple fan-carved valanced multi-drawer interior centering a wooden clockwork mechanism which activates a serpent with pointed tongue to guard against unauthorized entry, refinished, ht. 41 1/2, wd. 34, dp. 18 in. Provenance: The Garbisch Collection, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., May 1980, lot 687.
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