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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF2358

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

42 1/2 × 39 1/2 × 21 in. (107.95 × 100.33 × 53.34 cm)

Date

1770–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Cherry (primary); chestnut and yellow poplar (secondary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Couey collection; consigned to Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, January 2007, lot 150

Associated names

Couey Collection
Brunk Auctions

Construction

According to the Brunk Auction catalogue, the brasses and the back of one drawer are replaced.