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Slant-front desk |
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Object numberRIF2874 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions42 1/2 × 36 × 19 3/4 in. (107.95 × 91.44 × 50.165 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); chestnut and pine (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceMary E. K. Sullivan, Salem, Massachusetts, before 1980; consigned by her estate to Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, November 1922, 1980, lot 1373. John Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut; sold to a private collection, Massachusetts; consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., January 27 and 29, 1983, lot 411; Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., December 8, 1984, lot 319. Philip H. Bradley Company, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1986. Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 1112, 2000, lot 773. Miller, Hamilton and Company, Inc., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2002 |
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Associated namesMary E. K. SullivanSotheby Parke Bernet John Walton, Inc. Sotheby Parke Bernet Philip H. Bradley Co. Northeast Auctions Miller, Hamilton & Co., Inc. |
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BibliographySotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important American Furniture and Related Decorative Arts, sale cat. (November 1922, 1980), lot 1373, ill.Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important American Furniture, and Related Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 27 and 29, 1983), lot 411, ill. Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important American Furniture and Folk Art, sale cat. (December 8, 1984), lot 319, ill. "Philip H. Bradley Co. advertisement," Antiques 129, no. 2 (February 1986): 320, ill. Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., New Hampshire Auction: Fine American Furniture, sale cat. (November 1112, 2000), 97, lot 773. "Miller, Hamilton and Company, Inc., advertisement," Maine Antique Digest (October 2002): 2E, ill. |