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Slant-front desk |
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Object numberRIF2449 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions40 1/2 × 38 × 20 in. (102.87 × 96.52 × 50.8 cm) |
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Date17451755 |
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Current locationNational Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary), pine (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceNational Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Providence and Middletown |
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ConstructionAccording to Joseph Ott, the feet and brasses are probably replacements. |
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BibliographyJoseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 11011, no. 69, ill. |