Slant-front desk

Published/Created:: Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1710–1730
Physical Description:: 40 1/2 x 35 3/4 x 19 1/4 in.
Materials:: Walnut; brass
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: William and Mary walnut and walnut veneer slant-top desk, original ball feet of trumpet shape, the drawers are fronted by finely matched crotch veneer with herringbone borders that run through the line of the engraved brasses and escutcheons (contemporary but not the first set); the lid is similarly veneered with four divided crotch panels, the interior has a sliding well with concave blocked drawers behind flanked by cyma-shaped ladder and an end row of concave blocked drawers on each side, choice mellow brown patina.
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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. 2147, pl. P5689.
Variant Titles:: William and Mary walnut slant-top desk
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--William and Mary
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: William and Mary
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5689
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, February 1985
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:: 10993859
OID:: 12152747
PID:: digcoll:1024726