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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

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.