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From: Cushing's Antique Shop advertisement, Antiques 9 (May 1926): 324
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Desk and bookcase

Object number

RIF562

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1760–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Private collection, Rhode Island; sold to Cushing's Antique Shop, Providence, Rhode Island, 1926

Associated names

Cushing's Antique Shop

Bibliography

"Cushing's Antique Shop advertisement," Antiques 9, no. 5 (May 1926): 324, ill.
"Cushing's Antique Shop advertisement," Antiques 9, no. 4 (April 1926): 248.