Bureau Bookcase Maker: Unknown

1790–1800

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Mahogany (primary); yellow poplar (backboards of desk, drawer linings, back panels of bookcase); pine (case bottom, drawer dividers, drawer supports, case bottoms of desk and bookcase, blocks on feet, rear brackets, framing elements for back of bookcase, book shelves)

Dimensions

68 3/4 × 37 3/8 × 19 3/4 in. (174.6 × 94.9 × 50.2 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2531a-b

Geography

Made in Virginia

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Furniture

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Provenance
Starke J. Gammel (1880–1966), Richmond, Va., and later Columbus, Ohio; sold to Francis P. Garvan (1875-1937), New York; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1930
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Inscriptions

Chalk inscription, an "A:[?]" on underside of bookcase

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