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Portable desk

Object number

RIF3085

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

18 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (46.99 × 73.025 × 59.69 cm)

Date

1710–40

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Possibly made in Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Maple

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

William and Mary

Provenance

A mid-western gentleman, prior to 1997; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 17 and 19, 1997, lot 770

Associated names

Sotheby's

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, Furniture, and Folk Art, sale cat. (January 17, 19, 1997), lot 770, ill.