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From: Florene Maine Antiques, advertisement, Antiques 87 (March 1965): 399
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Desk and bookcase

Object number

RIF1890

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Overall Height: 82 in. (208.28 cm) Overall Height: 86 in. (218.44 cm) Writing Height: 29 1/2 in. (74.93 cm) Width: 38 in. (96.52 cm)

Date

1770–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Florene Maine Antiques, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1965 and 1971

Associated names

Florene Maine Antiques

Bibliography

"Florene Maine Antiques advertisement," Antiques 87, no. 3 (March 1965): 399.
"Florene Maine Antiques advertisement," Antiques 87, no. 6 (April 1965): 399, ill.
"Florene Maine Antiques advertisement," Antiques 99, no. 5 (May 1971): 633, ill.