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From: Anderson Galleries, Eighteenth Century American Furniture Colonial and Georgian Silver: A Remarkable Collection sold by order of Mrs. Gertrude H. Camp, "The Hayloft", Whitemarsh, PA. , sale cat. (January 20 and 21, 1928) 27, lot 95.
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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF2049

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

43 × 41 in. (109.22 × 104.14 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Mahogany

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Gerturde H. Camp (born 1882), Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania; consigned to The Anderson Galleries, New York, April 6, 1929, lot 95

Associated names

Gertrude H. Camp
Anderson Galleries

Bibliography

Anderson Galleries, New York, Eighteenth Century American Furniture Colonial and Georgian Silver: A Remarkable Collection Sold by Order of Mrs. Gertrude H. Camp, "The Hayloft," Whitemarsh, PA, sale cat. (January 20–21, 1928), 27, lot 95.