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Desk-on-frame

Object number

RIF1544

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

39 × 39 × 18 1/2 in. (99.06 × 99.06 × 46.99 cm) Height (writing surface): 29 in. (73.66 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple

Provenance

Ardis Leigh, Princeton, New Jersey; sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1965; sold to a private collection, 1970

Associated names

Ardis Leigh
Israel Sack, Inc.

Bibliography

American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1989), vol. 2, p. 331, no. 821, ill.