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THBSouthern Chippendale Walnut Slant Front Desk
About Seller
4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJul 12, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,175 lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. July 12 at 9 AM with lots #1-753 and continues Sun. July 13 at 1 PM with lots #754-1175 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Ervin and Jane Entrekin, Nashville; Walter and Dr. Mary Helen Schatz, Nashville; Dr. Lawrence Wolfe, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Florence F. Johnston, Knoxville; plus deaccessioned objects from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Arkansas Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of Art. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Southern Chippendale walnut slant front desk, poplar and yellow pine secondary. Top of case with exposed dovetails with a lip molded hinged fall-board opening to a fitted interior of a plain central prospect drawer flanked on each side by four pigeonholes with scrolled valences over a bank of two dovetailed drawers and one long dovetailed drawer. The central prospect drawer opens to reveal two pigeonholes with a hidden valence drawer over two dovetailed drawers. The lower case with four graduated lip-molded dovetailed drawers and full-length dustboards. Ogee molded base transitions to ogee feet with spur returns. The bottom drawer covers a shallow cavity with blocking. The underside of the case also has blocking for the returns of the ogee feet. Note: the hidden valence drawer with written script to the bottom interior, "Nov. 6, 1887...placed in this drawer a Nashville mortgage for 1350 due Feb. 22, 1888.....". The underside of this drawer with a Jan. 30, 1897 inscription relating to Boston/Philadelphia. 43 3/8 in. H x 38 7/8 in. W x 23 in. D. Possible East Tennessee with an oral history from Knox County, circa 1820.
Condition
Older cleaned surface. Brass batwing brasses replaced, brass escutcheon on fall-board missing but retained. Drawer sides with minimal buildup/reinforcement from wear (less than 1/4"). Some of the blocking on the underside of the ogee feet are later replacements.
- Provenance
The estate of John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville, Tennessee.
- Shipping Info
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Bank: Pinnacle Bank
150 Third Avenue South, Suite 900
Nashville, TN 37201
Phone # (865) 766-3000
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Beneficiary: Case Antiques, Inc.
4310 Papermill Drive
Knoxville, TN 37909
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