Desk

1805–15

Mahogany and yellow poplar

overall: 44 × 43 1/8 × 20 3/4 in. (111.76 × 109.5 × 52.71 cm)
upper section: 14 7/8 × 42 3/4 × 20 3/4 in. (37.78 × 108.59 × 52.71 cm)
lower section: 29 1/8 × 43 1/8 × 20 3/4 in. (73.98 × 109.54 × 52.71 cm)

Given in memory of J. Trumbull Rogers by his family

2013.23.1a-c

Geography:

Made in Lebanon, Connecticut

or made in New Haven, Connecticut

Status:

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Culture:

American

Period:

19th century

Classification:

Furniture

Provenance:

Possibly Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., (1740–1809), Lebanon, Connecticut; by descent to his daughter Mrs. Benjamin Silliman, Sr. (née Harriet Trumbull, 1783–1850), New Haven, Connecticut; by descent to her son Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (1816–1895); by descent to his daughter Mrs. William Arthur Rogers (née Eleanor Root Silliman); by descent to her son William Silliman Rogers; by descent to his son Jonathan Trumbull Rogers (died 2012); by descent to his brother Danforth William Rogers; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 2012

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