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From: "Israel Sack advertisement," Antiques 69 (April 1956): inside front cover
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Slant-front desk

Object number

RIF6454

Maker

Maker Unknown
Maker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/33?1809

Dimensions

47 × 44 3/4 × 27 in. (119.38 × 113.67 × 68.58 cm)

Date

1775–95

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Connecticut, formerly said to have been made in Middletown, Connecticut
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Cherry

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1956

Associated names

Israel Sack, Inc.

Bibliography

"Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 69, no. 4 (April 1956): inside front cover, ill.