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Secrétaire à abattant

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1817-1819

GUSN

GUSN-311022

Description

Secrétaire à abattant. Drop front flanked by columns with brass mounts. Decorative brass hardware of winged women, putti, acanthus leaves, and wreaths. Carved paw feet at front, ball feet at back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

secrétaires à abattant
mahogany (wood)
brass (alloy)
Desk
Desk, Drop-Front
Desk, Drop-Front

Associated Building

Used At 37 Beacon Street,

Additional Identification Number

1286.1
1012

Maker

Vose & Coates (Maker)

Location of Origin

MA

Dimensions

55 3/4 x 38 1/8 x 17 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of David H. Bangs, Jr.

Accession Number

2015.64.1

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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