Slant-front desk and looking glass
- Published/Created:
- Newport, Newport county, Rhode Island, United States
ca. 1750–1780 - Physical Description:
- 41 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.
- Materials:
- Mahogany; brass
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Chippendale plum pudding mahogany desk, blocked-shell center door, original openwork brasses; desirable small size.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 1, p. 22, pl. 76. - Variant Titles:
- Chippendale mahogany desk
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament--Chippendale style
Furniture--United States - Period/Style:
- Chippendale
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 0199
- 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, March 1958
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10993423
- PID:
- digcoll:1024851
