Desk Maker: Unknown

1790–1815

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Mahogany, light- and dark-wood inlays, pine, oak, yellow poplar

Dimensions

41 1/4 × 40 3/4 × 20 3/4 in. (104.8 × 103.5 × 52.7 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2715

Geography

Made in Annapolis, Maryland

Culture

American

Period

18th–19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased by R.T. Haines Halsey (1865–1942), New York, NY, for Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, NY, 1930; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1930
Bibliography
  • Gerald W. R. Ward, American Case Furniture in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1988), 466, app. no. 23, ill
  • "Annapolis Windows," Antiques 17 (May 1930), 430, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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