Photo: Courtesy Israel Sack, Inc., Archive, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Desk and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF1491 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions86 × 42 × 20 1/2 in. (218.44 × 106.68 × 52.07 cm) Height (writing level): 30 in. (76.2 cm) |
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Date17901810 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island, or made in central Massachusetts(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumCherry (primary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleHepplewhite, Federal |
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ProvenanceIsrael Sack, Inc., New York, 1963 |
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Associated namesIsrael Sack, Inc. |
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NotesA secretary of related design and detail bears the label of Webb and Scott, Providence (RIF1216). |
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BibliographyAmerican Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 19571989), vol. 1, p. 253, no. 628, ill."Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 90, no. 4 (October 1966): inside cover, ill. |