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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF3573

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

42 1/2 × 28 × 20 in. (107.95 × 71.12 × 50.8 cm)

Date

1785–1805

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Cherry (primary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton), January 12, 1997, lot 190

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.

Construction

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

Notes

Replaced brasses

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 12, 1997), 58, lot 190, ill.