From: Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Discoveries in Newport Furniture and Silver," Antiques 68 (July 1955): 47
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Slant-front desk |
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Object numberRIF486 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight, writing: 31 in. (78.74 cm) Width: 38 1/2 in. (97.79 cm) |
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Date177090 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumCedar |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceSeabury Collection, 1955. Harry Arons, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1965 |
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Associated namesSeabury CollectionHarry Arons Antiques, Inc. |
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BibliographyRalph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Discoveries in Newport Furniture and Silver," Antiques 68, no. 1 (July 1955): 4647, fig. 7."Harry Arons advertisement," Antiques 88, no. 1 (July 1965): 22, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 59n40, 64n99. |