Slant-front desk

Creator:: Adams, M., active ca. 1791
Published/Created:: Beverly, Essex county, Massachusetts, United States
1791
Physical Description:: 42 1/2 x 40 x 21 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Chippendale mahogany slant-top desk on spurred ogee bracket feet, the fan carving of the interior drawers is repeated on the center pendant of the base, signed "M. Adams, 1791."
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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. 2405, pl. P5939.
Variant Titles:: Chippendale mahogany slant-top desk
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Chippendale style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Chippendale
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5939
Genre:: slant-front desks (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, July 1988
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:: 10993885
OID:: 12152754
PID:: digcoll:1024722