18th C Antique Boston Mahogany Chippendale Oxbow Desk W/ Ball & Claw Feet

With our highest compliments and utmost honors, Bay Colony Antiques is extremely proud to offer for sale this fantastic 18th century antique Chippendale Mahogany Boston oxbow desk. This is one of the absolute finest oxbow desks we’ve had the pleasure of offering lately and are sure this will excite our collectors across the globe. This is a superior formed desk with a magnificently executed serpentine or oxbow front. This oxbow form was mainly used in Boston at the end of the 18th century and we’ve attached a few photos of similar desks in public collections across the country. The desk to the right of our example is purportedly made by John Austin of Boston MA and is currently in the Winterthur collection. Note the almost identical proportions of the swell fronts with a clean pronounced edge & dramatic center depression. The case is formed in the same manner with the upper drawer inset between the lopers. Obviously the legs are very different ,but it would not be uncommon for