Photo: Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Pitman, 45.808
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Child's desk-on-frame |
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Object numberRIF715 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions34 1/2 × 24 × 13 3/16 in. (87.63 × 60.96 × 33.496 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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GeographyMade in, Possibly made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple, stained red (primary, large drawer bottoms, and back of desk); chestnut (large drawer sides); pine (sides and bottom of interior drawers) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Harold A. Pitman; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1945 |
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Associated namesHarold A. PitmanMrs. Harold A. Pitman |
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ConstructionEach of the upper drawers have locks, while the lowest was never fitted with one. |
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BibliographyRichard H Randall, Jr., American Furniture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1965), 7273, no. 56, ill. |