Charles Rohlfs
Desk

ArtistAmerican, 1853–1936
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Desk
Date1883
PlaceBuffalo, New York, United States
MediumOak, iron, paint, and burlap
DimensionsOpen: 54 13/16 × 25 3/8 × 36 in. (139.2 × 64.5 × 91.4 cm)
Closed: 54 13/16 × 25 3/8 × 26 in. (139.2 × 64.5 × 66 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number90.252
Non exposé

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ProvenancePurchased c. 1900 by Oscar F. Larson (d. 1951), Jamestown, New York, in a second-hand store in the New York Metropolitan area or possibly southern Connecticut; by inheritance to his son, Frederick C. Larson (d. 1985), Springfield, Virginia and Jamestown, New York; by inheritance to his nephew, Richard A. Johnson, Williamsburg, Virginia; [Cathers & Dembrosky, New York]; Purchased by MFAH, 1990.

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