Massachusetts Hepplewhite mahogany writing desk, ca. 1800, with extensive inlaid banding, 48 1/4" h., 39" w. Property sold with the approval of the trustees of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to benefit acquisition funds. Crack in plinth of center finial, small loss to upper right corner of cornice, 1 1/2" patch to cornice, small old chips to rosettes, small sporadic repairs and patches to applied carving, upper section doors with screws added fro support, warp to slant lid, one capital of interior drawer replaced, several interior valences replaced, stains to interior desk surface, brasses replaced, feet ended out 2", repaired blow out 13" to back of one end.