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Photo: Courtesy Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York
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Desk and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF583 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/33–1809Maker Unknown |
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Dimensions102 × 39 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (259.081 × 100.33 × 59.69 cm) |
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Date1760–90 |
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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 |
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ProvenanceCaleb Gardner (1739–1806), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent in his family. John S. Walton, Inc., New York, 1959. Ginsburg and Levy, Inc., New York, 1963. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 1999 |
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Associated namesCaleb GardinerBernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc. John S. Walton, Inc. Ginsburg and Levy, Inc. |
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See also |
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Bibliography"Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 155, no. 1 (January 1999): 1, ill."John S. Walton Antiques, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 76, no. 2 (August 1959): 88. Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 342–43, fig. 8.28, 8.28a. Ruth Davidson, "Shop Talk," Antiques 84, no. 3 (September 1963): 226, ill. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., Gallery Catalogue (New York: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., 1974–2020), vol. 11, p. 10. |
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