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Slant-front desk |
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Object numberRIF2492 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions41 1/4 × 36 × 20 in. (104.78 × 91.44 × 50.8 cm) |
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Date17401750 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Massachusetts, or made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut, light and dark wood inlay (primary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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Inscriptions"Thayer," "1752," "Boston," and other inscriptions, in chalk and ink, on back boards |
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ProvenanceKenneth Hammitt (19201992), Woodbury, Connecticut; sold to Marjorie H. Schorsch (19302007) and John B. Schorsch; consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 12, 1981, lot 498 |
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Associated namesKenneth HammittJohn B. Schorsch Marjorie H. Schorsch Sotheby Parke Bernet |
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See also |
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BibliographySotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Fine American Furniture and Related Decorative Arts: The Collection of Mr. John B. Schorsch and Mrs. Marjorie H. Schorsch, sale cat. (May 12, 1981), lot 498, ill.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 239n3. |