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1750-1800
GUSN-306387
Slant-top desk with four front drawers with stamped brass escutcheons. Base with ogee apron. Inside there are 8 pigeon holes and 11 drawers with circular brass pulls.
slant-front desks
wood (plant material)
brass (alloy)
Desk
Desk, Drop-Front
Desk, Slant-Top
Desk, Slant-Top
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
United States
39 x 35 3/8 x 19 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.207
1750-1800 (Possibly)
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