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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF3578

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1770–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Maple

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton), June 9, 1996, lot 7

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.

Construction

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

Notes

Replaced brasses

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (June 9, 1996), 8–9, lot 7, ill.