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Desk and bookcase

Object number

RIF2281

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

84 × 40 1/2 × 21 in. (213.36 × 102.87 × 53.34 cm)

Date

1770–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Connecticut, or made in Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Cherry

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, October 7, 2006, lot 224

Associated names

The Rhode Island Historical Society
Sotheby's

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana Including Property from the Rhode Island Historical Society, sale cat. (October 7, 2006), 224–25, lot 224.