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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF3285

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

41 1/4 × 36 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (104.775 × 92.075 × 48.895 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Maple

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, New York, October 20, 1990, lot 284

Associated names

Sotheby's

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Fine American Furniture, Folk Art, Folk Paintings, and Silver, sale cat. (October 20, 1990), lot 284, ill.