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Desk-on-frame

Object number

RIF460

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

41 × 31 × 19 in. (104.14 × 78.74 × 48.26 cm)

Date

1730–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple (primary); white pine (secondary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Philip Flayderman, Boston; consigned by his estate to American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, January 2–4, 1930, lot 131;sold to Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York; consigned to American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, January 8–10, 1931, lot 116. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 1989, 1990, and 1994

Associated names

Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc.
Philip Flayderman
Francis P. Garvan

Bibliography

"Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 136, no. 2 (August 1989): 189, ill.
Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., In Search of Excellence, exh. cat. (New York: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., 1994), 9, ill.
Anderson Galleries and American Art Association, New York, Colonial Furniture, Silver, and Decorations: The Collection of the Late Philip Flayderman, sale cat. (January 2–4, 1930), 28, lot 131.
Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., Gallery Catalogue (New York: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., 1974–2020), vol. 7, p. 23.
Anderson Galleries and American Art Association, New York, Selections From The Collection of Francis P. Garvan, sale cat. (January 8–10, 1931), 47, lot 116.