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Slant-front desk |
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Object numberRIF509 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/331809Maker Unknown |
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Dimensions41 3/4 × 39 1/8 × 20 3/4 in. (106.045 × 99.378 × 52.705 cm) |
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Date176090 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); cedar and chestnut (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceDuncan A. Hazard (18741939), Newport, Rhode Island; consigned by his estate to Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, November 9, 1940, lot 106. Sotheby's, New York, October 24, 1993, lot 339. Curran and Curran, Wilton, Connecticut, 1994. Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton), October 26, 1997, lot 104A. Sold to Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York |
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Associated namesDuncan A. HazardSotheby's Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. Curran and Curran Skinner, Inc. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc. |
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ConstructionTop exterior drawer locks with an interior wooden latch. |
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Bibliography"Rhode Island Furniture from the Collection of Duncan A. Hazard," Antiques 29, no. 4 (April 1936): 158, ill.Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Early American Furniture including Important Goddard and Other Examples from the Private Collection of the Late Duncan A. Hazard, Newport, Rhode Island, sale cat. (November 9, 1940), 34, lot 106, ill. Sotheby's, New York, Fine Americana, sale cat. (October 24, 1993), lot 339, ill. Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (October 26, 1997), 51, lot 140A, ill. "Curran and Curran Antiques and Appraisals advertisement," Antiques 145, no. 3 (March 1994): 348, ill. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., Gallery Catalogue (New York: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., 19742020), vol. 17, pg. 10, ill. |