Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Slant-front desk
	Object number RIF4099
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions Height: 41 1/2 in. (105.41 cm) Width: 34 1/2 in. (87.63 cm)
	Date 1710–20
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in New England, Possibly made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Walnut (primary); butternut, chestnut (secondary)
	Marks Unknown
	Inscriptions Unknown
	Style William and Mary
	Provenance Collings and Collings, New York. Mrs. J. Insley Blair (n�e Natalie Knowlton, 1884–1951), New York, and Tuxedo Park, New York; consigned by her estate to Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 22–23, 1954, lot 366
	Associated names Collings and Collings Natalie Knowlton Blair Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
	Bibliography Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Important American and English 18th Century Furniture and Decorations, All From Private Owners Including Estates of the Late Mrs. J. Insley Blair, Mrs. Franklin Baker, Jr. and from Mrs. Alfred McVitty, Marcel H. Steiglitz, sale cat. (January 22–23, 1954), 83, lot 366, ill.

Slant-front desk