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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF4086

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 42 1/2 in. (107.95 cm) Width: 38 3/4 in. (98.425 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Birch

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York January 22–24, 1953, lot 329

Associated names

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.

Bibliography

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, American and English Furniture and Decorations: Comprising Property Collected by the late Robert Hartshorne, Highland, N.J., From the Estates of the late Walter M. McGee, Juliet P. Hamilton and from Other Owners, sale cat. (January 22–24, 1953), lot 329, ill.