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Tambour desk

Object number

RIF3160

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

51 × 40 × 21 in. (129.54 × 101.6 × 53.34 cm)

Date

1790–1810

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton, Massachusetts), January 13, 1990, lot 147

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.

Construction

According to the Skinner sales catalogue, the brasses are replaced.

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Mass., Americana, sale cat. (January 13, 1990), lot 147, ill.