Important New Hampshire Chippendale maple slant lid desk, ca. 1740, signed by cabinetmaker Samuel Dunlap, the fall front enclosing a fitted interior with fan carved drawers, over a case with four drawers with an egg, dart, and sawtooth carved base molding, supported by voluted cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet, retaining an old grained surface and drawers with line borders, 45" h., 38 1/4" w. Two closely related Dunlap desks are illustrated in Charles Parsons, The Dunlaps and Their Furniture. Provenance: Sold at Northeast Auctions, March 6, 2004, lot 418. Age crack at one hinge. Original brasses. Minor abrasions to feet.