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Desk and bookcase

Object number

RIF4650

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

55 × 35 1/2 × 20 in. (139.7 × 90.17 × 50.8 cm)

Date

1740–50

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple

Provenance

Mabel Brady Garvan (1886–1979), New York; consigned by her estate to Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, June 7, 1980, lot 155

Associated names

Mabel Brady Garvan
Sotheby Parke Bernet

Bibliography

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important Americana from the Estate of Mabel Brady Garvan, sale cat. (June 7, 1980), lot 155, ill.