Maker
Unknown American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Desk
Datec. 1700–1730
Made inNewport, Rhode Island, United States
MediumBlack walnut, undetermined burl veneer, and eastern white pine; eastern white pine, black walnut, yellow-poplar, cherry, Cuban oyster wood (Gymnanthes lucida), and chestnut
DimensionsOpen: 41 1/4 × 36 1/4 × 33 3/8 in. (104.8 × 92.1 × 84.8 cm)
Closed: 41 1/4 × 36 1/4 × 19 5/8 in. (104.8 × 92.1 × 49.8 cm)
Closed: 41 1/4 × 36 1/4 × 19 5/8 in. (104.8 × 92.1 × 49.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.42
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
106 Cameron Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Provenance[Collings and Collings, New York City]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, October 20, 1927; given to MFAH, prior to 1969.
Exhibition History"Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, August 19, 2016–January 8, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Two interlocked loops, in chalk, on underside of bottom board; "T" and [illegible], in chalk, on exterior of backboard; illegible graphite, on interior back and proper-right side of proper-right upper exterior drawer; letter [“S” with spiral tail?],” in graphite, on exterior back of upper exterior drawers; “1 [probably later],” in graphite, on exterior bottom of proper-left upper exterior drawer; letter [“S” with spiral tail?], C-scroll, and “B,” in graphite, on exterior back of upper exterior long drawer; illegible word and “Back,” in graphite, on interior back of bottom exterior drawer; graphite letter [including “SP”?], in graphite, on exterior back of exterior bottom drawer; “1” and “/,” in graphite, on exterior back of proper-right interior drawer; “2” and “/,” in graphite, on exterior back of second interior drawer from proper-right; “3” and “T,” in graphite, on exterior back of middle interior drawer; an arc, in graphite, on exterior proper-right side [in upper front corner] of middle interior drawer; “5,” in graphite, on exterior back of proper-left interior drawer; illegible inscription, in graphite, on exterior proper-left side of proper-left interior drawer; illegible graphite on exterior sides of interior document drawers; "x," incised, on interior front of interior drawer marked "2" and interior back of drawer marked "3"
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