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Fall front desk

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1780-1810

GUSN

GUSN-19974

Description

Chippendale fall-front desk, four drawers w/ bracket feet and brass pulls and escutcheons. Dove-tail joinery visible at top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fall-front desks
desks
mahogany (wood)
Chippendale
Mahogany
Chippendale
DESK, DROP-FRONT

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

42.5 x 39.5 x 19 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.561

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