CHIPPENDALE DESK AND BOOKCASE New York Circa 1770 Primary Wood: Mahogany Secondary Woods: Tulip Poplar, White Pine, Yellow Pine Height: 99 1/4 inches ,Width: 44 inches, Depth: 20 3/4 inches
Reference: The carved cartouche strongly resembles the work of either Henry Hardcastle or one of his apprentices such as James Strachan. See Luke Beckerdite's "Immigrant Carvers and the Development of the Rococo Style" in American Furniture, 1996 , figure 15. The carved elements relate to a group that is identified in Luke Beckerdite's, "Origins of the Rococo Style in New York Furniture and Interior Architecture," in American Furniture, 1993 , figures 11, 13, and 19.A
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