Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Slant-front desk
	Object number RIF1859
	Maker Maker Unknown Maker, possibly by Job Townsend, Jr., 1726?1778
	Dimensions 41 1/2 � 38 � 22 11/16 in. (105.41 � 96.52 � 57.57 cm)
	Date 1760–80
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany
	Marks Unknown
	Inscriptions Unknown
	Style Chippendale
	Provenance Chief Justice Woodbury Langdon (1739–1805), Portsmouth, New Hampshire; by descent to his son, Walter Langdon (1787–1847), Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Hyde Park, New York; by descent to his son, Eugene Langdon (1831–1866), Hyde Park, New York; by descent to his daughter, Anne Lowndes Langdon (1865–1943), Hyde Park, New York; by descent to her daughter, Anne Langdon Townsend (1898–1971), Southampton, New York; private collection; consigned to Christie's, New York, June 22, 1994, lot 276
	Associated names Justice Woodbury Langdon Walter Langdon Eugene Langdon Anne Lowndes Langdon Anne Langdon Townsend Christie's
	See also RIF6052
	Bibliography Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (June 22, 1994), 169, lot 276, ill.

Slant-front desk