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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1957.22
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Tall Cabinet Desk
Other Titles
Former Title: Cabinet-Desk
Classification
Furniture
Work Type
desk
Date
c. 1815-1835
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311845

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mahogany, maple, maple veneers, ormolu of pine, tulip and poplar
Dimensions
158.8 x 116.8 x 56.5 cm (62 1/2 x 46 x 22 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Murray Anthony and Bessie Pease Potter; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1957.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Murray Anthony and Bessie Lincoln Potter
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
1957.22
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 171, ill.

Exhibition History

  • American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972

Verification Level

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