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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF2986

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

43 × 36 × 19 1/4 in. (109.22 × 91.44 × 48.895 cm)

Date

1770–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Cherry (primary); chestnut (secondary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, January 19–21, 1996, lot 1395

Associated names

Sotheby's

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 19–21, 1996), lot 1395, ill.