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BLOCK FRONT SECRETARY

• Block Front Georgian Style
  Block Front Georgian Style Secretary Bookcase.Signed Maddox on label. From a White Plains NY home. Dimensions: 36'' wide x 21'' deep x 90.5'' high.
• BOSTON CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK
  BOSTON CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK FRONT DESK SECRETARYBOSTON CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK FRONT DESK SECRETARY, in two parts with alterations the molded pierced bonnet over a central carved shell above a pair of doors inset with shaped rectangular panels opening to shelves over candle slides, the lower section with hinged slant front with a central carved shell opening to a writing surface and a fitted arrangement of pigeonholes and small drawers centering a prospect door, all over four long graduated block molded drawers above a shaped carved skirt on ogee bracket feet with ball and claw feet - h:94w:41d:22in. Provenance: Property from a Historic Institution
• JASPER BLOCK FRONT CHERRY SECRETARY
  JASPER BLOCK FRONT CHERRY SECRETARY DESK 20th century; one-piece secretary with broken arch pediment, having glazed paneled doors with adjustable shelves, upper case with interior lighting. Slant front desk with fitted interior having four graduated drawers. 84 in. H., 35 in. W., 17 in. D.
• JASPER BLOCK FRONT CHERRY SECRETARY
  JASPER BLOCK FRONT CHERRY SECRETARY DESK 20th century; one-piece secretary with broken arch pediment, having glazed paneled doors with adjustable shelves, upper case with interior lighting. Slant front desk with fitted interior having four graduated drawers. 84 in. H., 35 in. W., 17 in. D.
• Boston block-front style mahogany
  Boston block-front style mahogany secretary bookcase by Maddox Jamestown NY. 93"h.x36"w.x22"d.
• COUNTRY SLANT-FRONT BUREAU
  COUNTRY SLANT-FRONT BUREAU SECRETARY, AMERICAN, LACOUNTRY SLANT-FRONT BUREAU SECRETARY, American, late 18th/early 19th century, the slant top opening to an interior of pigeon holes and small drawers, the flat front featuring four graduated drawers over bracket feet, 42.75"H x 40.25"W x 21"D.
• REPRODUCTION MAHOGANY CHIPPENDALE
  REPRODUCTION MAHOGANY CHIPPENDALE STYLE BLOCK FRONT SEC...Reproduction Mahogany Chippendale Style Block Front Secretary Desk, in three parts, having shell carved front, top with fully pigeon holed interior, height 104 inches, width 43 1/2 inches. Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• FEDERAL SLANT-FRONT
  FEDERAL SLANT-FRONT SECRETARYFEDERAL SLANT-FRONT SECRETARY, American, 19th century, the slant top over four graduated drawers and bracket feet, 42"H x 42.5"W x 22.5"D.
• BURL WALNUT FALL-FRONT SECRETARY
  BURL WALNUT FALL-FRONT SECRETARY German mid-19th century having a rectangular black marble top over a front featuring single drawer fall-front desk and double-door cabinet. Dimensions: 58.25''H x 38.25''W x 17.5''D. The secretary shows moderate to heavy wear with fading chips and cracks and a few repairs.
• PROVINCIAL STAR PARQUETRY
  PROVINCIAL STAR PARQUETRY SLANT-FRONT SECRETARYProvincial secretary desk, 18th c., slant front with star-form parquetry, opening to writing surface and interior gallery, fitted with nine drawers and cabinet door with matched parquetry, over lower case with one frieze drawer, three lower drawers, flanked by ebonized columns, large metal handles to either side, splits to side panels, approx 44.25"h, 48"w, 21"d
• CHARAK MAHOGANY BLOCK FRONT DESK
  CHARAK MAHOGANY BLOCK FRONT DESK Block front desk in the Goddard-Townsend manner, fall front, with fitted interior, over four long drawers, on ball and claw feet. 42 in. H., 44 in. W., 21 in. D.
• COUNTRY FEDERAL SECRETARYCOUNTRY
  COUNTRY FEDERAL SECRETARYCOUNTRY FEDERAL SECRETARY, American, early 19th century, two-door cabinet over slant-top, fold-out desk top with drawers and double-door cabinet below, the upper cabinet doors opening to an interior fitted with five small drawers and six open compartments, 52.5"H x 43.5"W x 21"D.
• RENAISSANCE REVIVAL DROP FRONT
  RENAISSANCE REVIVAL DROP FRONT SECRETARYRenaissance Revival drop front secretary. German, Mid 19th Century. Ornately carved mahogany figural supports of Old Testament figures, flanking cherub motifs, floral and grotesque carvings. Front drops for writing surface and reveals a shelf with six envelope partitions. Brass lock and hinges were added later. Wear consistent with age. 44 1/2" H x 34" L x 16" D
• FEDERAL WALNUT SLANT-FRONT
  FEDERAL WALNUT SLANT-FRONT SECRETARYFEDERAL WALNUT SLANT-FRONT SECRETARY, early 19th century, with four graduated drawers over bracket feet, 44"H x 38"W x 19"D.
• Walnut block front desk new
  Walnut block front desk new england, 18th Rectangular top, sloping front with two block shells and central incise carved to, the interion with block front small drawers, cubby holes and shell carved prospect door, four graduated wode block front drawers, resting on vigorous ball anbd claw feet. Brasses are old and there are large side batwing brasses with bails. H: 45 in. W: 41 in. D: 23 in. PROVENANCE: Property from the Estate of William F. Heefner, Bucks County, PA ,000-4,000 Slant front probably replaced and in mahogany, Feet are loose, one is off and restored Old marks and scratches from age and use.
• Good French Blocked Wallpaper
  Good French Blocked Wallpaper Three-Panel Folding Screen, first quarter 19th century, in the Directoire style, the blocked paper panels mounted on canvas and painted with matching gray-blue floral sprays on the reverse, the palette of the printed papers in pale gray, slate blue, green and vieux rose, h. 50", w. 79-1/2".
• KINDEL MAHOGANY SHELL & BLOCK-FRONT
  KINDEL MAHOGANY SHELL & BLOCK-FRONT SECRETARYmodern, from the Winterthur Collection with Kindel stamp to interior of drawer, designed in the manner of the Goddard / Townsend family of Newport, Rhode Island, together with a mahogany armchair Condition: overall good condition. Sun fading to finish on right-hand side. A scuff to right-hand panel of base. 42 inches wide; 25 inches deep; 96 inches high Condition:
• Fred Stone Giclee ''Secretariat''
  Fred Stone Giclee ''Secretariat'' with Ron Turcotte image area 10'' x 12''.
• FINE MASSACHUSETTS CHIPPENDALE
  FINE MASSACHUSETTS CHIPPENDALE BLOCK FRONT DESKBoston or Salem, late 18th century, figured mahogany throughout, fitted desk interior with three fan carved drawers, four graduated block front long drawers, fan carved skirt drop and molded bracket feet, original bat wing brasses and escutcheons, 40-3/4 x 40-1/2 x 22 in. Provenance: New York Historical Society: Sold Sotheby's New York, January 29, 1995 lot 345; Leigh Keno Antiques, Sotheby's New York January 22, 2000 lot 670 for $37,000; Collection of C.L. Prickett Condition: very good condition overall, original feet, skirt drop, and blocking, scattered minor repairs including break and repair at one rear facing and one front side facing pieced, veneered fall board has good integrity (hinge history obscured by felt writing surface, not removed for exam), original brasses except two pull plates and two escutcheons, patches and repairs at rear support braces
• AMERICAN COUNTRY FALL FRONT
  AMERICAN COUNTRY FALL FRONT SECRETARY: Lift top gallery for secret storage fall front with flame veneer interior pigeon holes and 3 drawers. 3 full length drawer base with carved apron on casters. Separates into 2 sections. No key. Overall 60 3/4'' h. x 39'' x 21''.
• ARTS AND CRAFTS DROP FRONT
  ARTS AND CRAFTS DROP FRONT SECRETARY DESK: Slant front open to reveal single drawer and pigeon holes over 2 full length drawers. 43 3/4'' h. x 30 1/2'' x 17''
• VICTORIAN DROP-FRONT
  VICTORIAN DROP-FRONT SECRETARYVICTORIAN DROP-FRONT SECRETARY, American, 19th century, cherry finish with relief carving, 61"H x 28.75"W x 14.75"D.
• COUNTRY FEDERAL SLANT-FRONT
  COUNTRY FEDERAL SLANT-FRONT SECRETARY, AMERICAN, ECOUNTRY FEDERAL SLANT-FRONT SECRETARY, American, early 19th century, the slant front opening to a fitted interior and having four graduated drawers below, 41"H x 43.75"W x 20.75"D.
• BALTIC STYLE INLAID FALL FRONT
  BALTIC STYLE INLAID FALL FRONT SECRETARYBaltic style inlaid fall front secretary, approx 63.5"h, 41"w, 19.5"d
• [Political Americana] Brady
  [Political Americana] Brady Composite Photograph of John Sherman as Sec. of Treasury and Other Bureau Chiefs  A group of 25 albumen portraits collectively titled The Secretary of the Treasury and Chiefs of Bureaus produced by Mathew Brady and copyrighted 1878 with a portrait of John Sherman Secretary of Treasury at center surrounded by oval portraits of the various Bureau Chiefs each 3.5 x 4.5 in. plus a view of the Treasury Building in Washington D.C. attached to a larger mount 25 x 30 in. Condition: Even toning to photographs and mount; some edgewear to mount.
• FEDERAL PORTSMOUTH NH INLAID
  FEDERAL PORTSMOUTH NH INLAID SECRETARY, CA 1800. Two part secretary with top section including two large doors and a small center door, all decorated with flame birch panels, interior with pigeon holes and an arrangement of drawers. Lower section with a pull out felt lined writing surface, above four line inlaid drawers, on an applied bracket base. 52”H x 40”W x 20”D.
• RARE 1825 BROADSIDE PRINTED
  RARE 1825 BROADSIDE PRINTED DIRECTLY FROM THE ENGRAVED SILVER PLAQUE ON THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT CORNERSTONE From the Masonic laying of the cornerstone in the presence of the Marquis de Lafayette, who was a Mason, and Daniel Webster, who was the President of the Association. In reverse text, as it would be printed from the plaque, laid to board long ago, 12 1/2" x 8 1/2" sheet of laid paper, foxed, heaviest at edges, edge loss, text fully intact.
• 18th CENTURY BLOCK FRONT DESK CA.
  18th CENTURY BLOCK FRONT DESK CA. 1770'S: Drop front desk with fitted interior shell carved lockable compartments, 8 pigeon holes and six drawers. Four graduated drawer front, over all deep carved block front with shell design. Dovetailed construction, bracket base with ball and claw foot. 43'' h. x 38 1/2'' x 22''.CONDITION: Note: refinished condition.
• PETER HVIDT AND ORLA
  PETER HVIDT AND ORLA MOLGAARD-NIELSEN, DROP-FRONT SECRETARY Peter Hvidt and Orla Molgaard-Nielsen, Drop-Front Secretary Soborg Mobelfabrik, Denmark, 1960s, teak, 37"h x 35.5"w x 19"d Time: December 2022 Place: CLARS AUCTION GALLERY, Oakland, CA, USA Sold for: $1,300.00 Imported successfully Replaced successfully Error: unknown error
• CHIPPENDALE MA MAHOGANY BLOCK FRONT
  CHIPPENDALE MA MAHOGANY BLOCK FRONT DESK, C. 1770-80. A classic Boston area Chippendale block front desk with slant top, block front interior, center prospect area removable with hidden drawers behind, three fan carvings, below are four graduated block front drawers, retaining old brass, on a conforming block front base, 42.5”H x 46”W x 23”D.
• GEORGE III MAHOGANY SLANT FRONT
  GEORGE III MAHOGANY SLANT FRONT SECRETARY BUREAU 19th c., with drop front opening to writing surface and pigeon hole cubbies, small drawers and center cabinet, over four graduated drawers, on bracket feet, brass hardware, 40.5"h x 37.5"w x 21"d
• FINE PORTSMOUTH NH FEDERAL INLAID
  FINE PORTSMOUTH NH FEDERAL INLAID SECRETARY. A superior ca. 1800 two part Portsmouth NH secretary with original brass and finish, attributed to workshop of Judkins & Senter. The pediment top has alternating curly maple and mahogany inlays, above two tiger maple banded sectional glass doors. The bottom section has a fold out writing surface, over four graduated drawers with tiger maple panels and mahogany cross banding, on classic Portsmouth NH flared French feet, 65”H x 38.5”W x 18.5”D. Provenance: Wayne Pratt.
• French Blocked Wallpaper Four-Panel
  French Blocked Wallpaper Four-Panel Folding Screen, first quarter 19th century, in the neoclassical taste, the facade panels of yellow ground with figural groups en grisaille, the upper facade edge with drapery swags containing fruit clusters, h. 65-1/4\", w. 88\".
• CHIPPENDALE STYLE MAHOGANY BLOCK
  CHIPPENDALE STYLE MAHOGANY BLOCK FRONT SECRETARY DESK, ...Chippendale Style Mahogany Block Front Secretary Desk, in two parts, upper section having bonnet top with two raised panel doors, flanked by fluted pilasters on lower section, with slant lid over four block front drawers, set on ogee feet, custom made, height 85 inches, width 38 inches. Condition: All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. *No credit card payments will be accepted for silver, gold, or jewelry from buyers that have not purchased from our gallery in the past.
• FRANK MARTELLI CARVED DROP FRONT
  FRANK MARTELLI CARVED DROP FRONT SECRETARY: Surmounting carved floral urn in center of a broken scrolling pediment with pinecone finials. 2- door compartmented cabinet, over a slant front desk. 4- drawer graduated chest, raised on carved bracket feet. Hidden compartment can be found at the top & lower verso. Hand crafted by local Tampa craftsman Frank Martelli. Approx. 94'' h x 47'' l x 21.25'' w. CONDITION: Scattered indents & scuffs consistent with age and use.
• BLOCK FRONT SLANT LID DESK,
  BLOCK FRONT SLANT LID DESK, MASSACHUSETTS, MID-18TH C., MAHOGANY, PINE SECONDARY, FOUR GRADUATED DRAWERS, CARVED TOMBSTONE DOOR FLAN...Block front slant lid desk, Massachusetts, mid-18th C., mahogany, pine secondary, four graduated drawers, carved tombstone door flanked by carved columns, stepped interior, two board pine back, repairs to base and other minor restorations, replaced brasses, wear consistent with age and use including some scratches and wear to surface, 44" h. x 41" w. x 22 1/2" d.