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Desk and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF1872 |
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MakerMaker UnknownMaker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 1723–1785 |
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Dimensions96 × 41 1/2 × 23 in. (243.841 × 105.41 × 58.42 cm) |
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Date1780–1800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceIsrael Sack, Boston and New York, 1930. David Stockwell, Philadelphia, 1953; sold to Gunston Hall Plantation, Mason Neck, Virginia, 1954; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 20, 2002, lot 1137 |
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Associated namesDavid Stockwell, Inc.Gunston Hall Plantation Sotheby's Israel Sack, Inc. |
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ConstructionWhen this desk and bookcase was advertised by Israel Sack in 1930, it lacked finials and had bail-handle brasses. According to the Sotheby's auction catalogue, three bracket feet have been replaced, and all long drawers of the lower center section of are a later date. |
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BibliographySotheby's, New York, Property from the Collection of Gunston Hall Plantation, sale cat. (January 20, 2002), 80–81, lot 1137, ill."David Stockwell, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 63, no. 5 (May 1953): 417, ill. "Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 18, no. 4 (October 1930): inside cover. |
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