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1800-1815
GUSN-170792
Federal style mahogany secretary with four font drawers and two glass doors with diamond-shaped mullions. Oval drawer pulls stamped with beehive motif. Brass eagle finial.
ladies' secretaries
desks
mahogany (wood)
brass (alloy)
Federal
Secretary
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD253
Unknown
77 1/2 x 21 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2041
Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)
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