{"product_id":"antique-chippendale-revival-slant-front-desk-serpentine-walnut-restored-striped-pine-fall-claw-feet-american-c-1925-1940","title":"Antique Chippendale Revival Slant-Front Desk, Serpentine Walnut, Restored Striped Pine Fall, Claw Feet, American, c. 1925–1940","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe fall front is the signature: broad bands of honey and smoke running edge to edge across solid pine, streaked where mineral and old glue shadowed the boards, finished to a soft glow. It reads like strata in canyon rock, and no two boards agree. Drop the fall — a small antique brass knob sits below the keyhole, placed to take two fingers — and the desk turns businesslike: a fitted gallery of pigeonholes and letter slots, a writing surface deep enough for a laptop or a ledger, the lid carried on pull-out lopers the way the eighteenth century did it. Below, three serpentine drawers roll across the front in long S-curves wearing pierced batwing brasses, and the case rides on carved ball-and-claw front feet with plain bracket feet behind — the same economy the originals practiced, spending the carving where the eye lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is the Chippendale Revival at full tide. Between the wars, American furniture makers — Rockford, Grand Rapids, the Virginia and Carolina factories — looked back at the desks of colonial Boston and Newport and put them within reach of the American living room: the slant front, the serpentine chest, the claw foot, faithfully quoted at domestic scale. Desks like this one anchored a generation of parlors and telephone nooks, and the form has never really left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes on this piece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis desk was restored in our workshop. The fall front's original veneer had failed beyond saving, so it was removed and the solid pine beneath — banded with the mineral streaking the core boards carried all along — was finished and left honest. A small antique brass knob was added below the keyhole as a pull. We think the desk is better for both decisions, and we'd rather tell you than have you wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eField\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSlant-front writing desk\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnattributed, American factory production\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChippendale Revival\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterials\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWalnut and walnut veneer; solid pine fall front; brass hardware\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTechnique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSerpentine-shaped drawer fronts; fall front on pull-out lopers; fitted pigeonhole interior; carved ball-and-claw front feet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSlant-front desk over three graduated serpentine drawers; molded top; bracket rear feet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnited States\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1925–1940\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRestoration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFall front veneer removed, solid pine surface refinished; antique brass pull added; full refinish in our workshop\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 30″ wide × 17″ deep × 41″ high; writing surface approx. 29″ from floor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcellent restored condition. Sound, solid, and ready for daily use. Interior clean and complete. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind — 1 Available.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe slant front is the original small-space desk: forty-one inches of full writing station that closes to a sixteen-inch footprint the moment company arrives. It works where a modern desk can't — the entry hall, the landing, the bedroom corner — and the pigeonholes still do exactly what they were built for: mail, chargers, checkbooks, the paper life a household actually has. Closed, that striped fall is the most interesting surface in the room. Open, it's the most civilized work-from-home setup in the house. The serpentine and the claw feet carry the formality; the pine keeps it from taking itself too seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47942190563433,"sku":null,"price":989.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/IMG_3114.jpg?v=1787501590","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/antique-chippendale-revival-slant-front-desk-serpentine-walnut-restored-striped-pine-fall-claw-feet-american-c-1925-1940","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}