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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF4224

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 40 in. (101.6 cm) Width: 36 1/2 in. (92.71 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Cherry

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Eldred's Auctioneers and Appraisers, East Dennis, Massachusetts, November 20–22, 2008, lot 961

Associated names

Eldred's

Bibliography

"Eldred's Auctioneers and Appraisers advertisement," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (November 7, 2008): 153, ill.
"Americana, Paintings, Sporting Items, and Marine Art, April 3, 2009–April 4, 2009," http://www.eldreds.com/sales/index.php?sale=641 (accessed March 30, 2009), lot 354.