Chippendale figured walnut secretary desk. Made for Jeremiah Wood, by Joseph Kimsey, Deptford, Gloucester County, NJ, 1791. Faint inscription to bottom of top drawer, "This desk made for Jeremiah Wood in the year 1791 by Joseph Kimsey, son of Job Kimsey." The desk is accompanied by Jeremiah Wood's account book, which lists a number of pieces of furniture purchased from Kimsey, including this desk listed at 15 pounds. The bottom of lowest drawer inscribed, "This desk repaired October 4th, 183?, by Abraham Kirby, Haddonfield, N.J." H: 100 in. W: 40 1/2 in. D: 24 in. PROVENANCE: This desk was made at the time of the marriage of Jeremiah Wood and Mary Horner Wood (d. 1832) at Haddonfield Meeting in 1791. The couple lived on Woodbury Creek, Haddonfield, NJ. The desk descended to Jeremiah and Mary's son, Jehu Wood (d.1882) in 1836, and thence to his son, Jehu Wood, Jr., to his nephew Samuel Wood, to Benjamin Thomas Wood, Haddonfield. In the Wood family until acquired by consignor.