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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF3924

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

37 1/2 × 34 × 17 3/4 in. (95.25 × 86.36 × 45.085 cm)

Date

1770–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Cherry

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Boston), November 1, 2003, lot 61

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (November 1, 2003), 25–26, lot 61, ill.