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From: "Museum Accessionst," Antiques 98 (December, 1974): 216
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Desk and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF6448 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions90 × 45 1/2 × 26 3/4 in. (228.6 × 115.57 × 67.95 cm) |
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Date1765–85 |
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Current locationPrivate collection |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Connecticut, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumCherry (primary, by microanalysis); white pine (secondary, by microanalysis) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the Flagg family of Massachusetts and Hampden, Maine; to Bernard P. Miller (1879–1952), Palo Alto and San Francisco; sold to Dr. Michael A. Abrams (1885–1968), Baltimore; bequest to Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore; consigned to auction; sold to Ann Holzer (1917–1999) and Philip Holzer (1919–2011), Great Neck, New York |
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Associated namesGershon Flagg IIIGershon Flagg IV Gershon Flagg V Mary Nickerson Flagg Mary Elizabeth Flagg Bernard P. Miller Dr. Michael A. Abrams Maryland Historical Society Ann Holzer Philip Holzer |
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BibliographyRuth Davidson, "Museum Accessions," Antiques 98, no. 2 (August 1970): 216, ill.Philip Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection (n.p.: privately printed, 1990), 74–81, no. 26, ill. |
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