Desk-on-frame

Published/Created:: Rhode Island, United States
ca. 1750–1760
Physical Description:: 36 x 30 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.
Materials:: Maple; paint
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Queen Anne maple small desk-on-frame retaining old black paint, the frame supported on turned tapering legs with platformed pad feet, the slant lid desk with one drawer; interior with one row of three drawers with cyma-scrolled pigeonhole terminals, a plaque on the desk drawer identifies an early owner as Hezekiah Murdock (1776–1864).
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 8, p. 2237, pl. P5764.
Variant Titles:: Queen Anne maple small desk-on-frame
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Queen Anne style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Queen Anne
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5764
Genre:: desks-on-frames (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, October 1986
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Kane 10976nc, ClearBin1 tiff_complete
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10993870
OID:: 12152750
PID:: digcoll:1024712