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Secretary

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1760-1830

GUSN

GUSN-170806

Description

Married high chest of drawers. Chippendale style bonnet-top secretary with broken pediment and three spiral finials, fluted pilasters and panelled doors. Empire style chest of drawers lower section with ball feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

secretaries (furniture)
desks
mahogany (wood)
Chippendale
Empire (style)
Secretary

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD005

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

100 x 44 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1147

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