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From: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc.One Hundred Important American Antiques, sale cat. (January 9, 1932), 94, lot 69
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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
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Medium

Cherry

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

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

Benjamin Flayderman
American Art Association
Anderson Galleries
Dickinson family
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.
American Art Association and Anderson Galleries, New York, One Hundred Important American Antiques, sale cat. (January 9, 1932), 94–95, lot 69, ill.
"Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiquarian 17, no. 1 (July 1931): back cover.