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From: Matthew and Elizabeth Sharpe, advertisement, Antiques 87 (June 1965): 669
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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF4003

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height, writing surface: 31 1/2 in. (80.01 cm) Width, writing surface: 40 in. (101.6 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Matthew and Elizabeth Sharpe, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 1965

Associated names

Matthew & Elizabeth Sharpe Antiques

Bibliography

"Matthew and Elizabeth Sharpe advertisement," Antiques 87, no. 6 (June 1965): 669, ill.