Bidspirit auction | American Chippendale Style Walnut Slant

American Chippendale Style Walnut Slant Front Desk, Circa 1900 - An American Chippendale Style Walnut Slant Front Desk, Circa 1900. The hinged fall enclosing an interior fitted with small drawers and pigeon holes above three short, over four short drawers, over a single long drawer, flanked by quarter columns, above a base molding, raised on ogee bracket feet. Tulip poplar and maple secondary woods. Dimensions: Height 42 1/2in; width 41 1/2in; depth 21 1/2in; case width 39 1/2in. Provenance:  Mary G. Roebling (1995-1994), Trenton, New Jersey. Acquired from above by present owner. Property from a Bucks County, Pennsylvania Collection. Footnote: Mary G. Roebling (New Jersey, 1905-1994) was the first woman to serve as the head of a major commercial bank in the United States when she became president of the Trenton Trust in 1937. Condition: Structurally sound. In overall good condition. General marks, wear, nicks, abrasions and surface scratches overall. With key.