Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Desk-on-frame (base only)
	Object number RIF1688
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 28 5/8 � 28 � 20 1/2 in. (72.708 � 71.12 � 52.07 cm)
	Date 1790–1810
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Possibly made in Rhode Island, or possibly made in Connecticut (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany
	Marks Unknown
	Inscriptions Unknown
	Provenance John S. Walton, Inc., New York; sold to Hugh B. Cox (1905–1973) and his wife Ethelyn Ayres Cox (1908–1988), Alexandria, Virginia; consigned to Christie's, New York, June 16, 1984, lot 417. Christie's, New York, January 26, 1991, lot 358. Paul and Esther Ganksy; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 19, 2018, lot 137 (unsold)
	Associated names Christie's Hugh B. Cox Paul Gansky Esther Gansky John S. Walton, Inc. Ethelyn Ayres Cox
	See also RIF1317
	Bibliography Christie's, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art, and Historical Prints, sale cat. (January 26, 1991), 228, lot 358, ill. Christie's, New York, Highly Important American Furniture: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Cox, sale cat. (June 16, 1984), 56–57, lot 417, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, and Silver, sale cat. (January 19, 2018), 44, lot 137, ill.

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