Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

From: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc.One Hundred Important American Antiques, sale cat. (January 9, 1932), 94, lot 69 Click the image to enlarge	Slant-front desk
	Object number RIF1578
	Maker Maker Unknown Maker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 1723?1785
	Dimensions Height: 44 1/2 in. (113.03 cm) Width: 42 1/2 in. (107.95 cm)
	Date 1760–70
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Connecticut, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Cherry
	Marks Unknown
	Inscriptions Unknown
	Style Chippendale
	Provenance Dickinson family, Rhode Island; by descent to a Dickinson family member, California. Benjamin Flayderman (1896–1975), Boston; consigned to American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, April 17–18, 1931, lot 338. Israel Sack, Boston, 1931. American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., January 9, 1932, lot 69
	Associated names Dickinson family Benjamin Flayderman American Art Association Anderson Galleries Israel Sack, Inc.
	Bibliography Anderson Galleries and American Art Association, New York, American Furniture Including Labeled, Pedigreed and Historic Examples from the Collection of Benjamin Flayderman, Boston, sale cat. (April 17–18, 1931), 142–143, lot 338. "Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiquarian 17, no. 1 (July 1931): back cover. American Art Association and Anderson Galleries, New York, One Hundred Important American Antiques, sale cat. (January 9, 1932), 94–95, lot 69, ill.