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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF549

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

42 × 38 × 20 in. (106.68 × 96.52 × 50.8 cm)

Date

1760–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

R. Jorgensen Antiques, Wells, Maine, 1989. Garth's Auctions, Inc., November 23, 2007, lot 662

Associated names

R. Jorgensen Antiques
Garth's Auctions, Inc.

Bibliography

"R. Jorgensen Antiques advertisement," Antiques 136, no. 1 (July 1989): 75, ill.
"Garth's Auctioneers, Inc.," http://www.garths.com/auction-lot-detail/CHIPPENDALE-SLANT-FRONT-DESK-WITH-CARVED-INTERIOR.-Rhode-Isl&salelot=1006+++++662+&refno=++140981 (accessed July 16, 2013), lot 662.