Breakfront Bookcase

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Breakfront Bookcase
Datec. 1825
MediumMahogany
Dimensions70 1/4 × 67 3/8 × 16 in. (178.4 × 171.1 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number96.1128
Current Location
Rienzi
Breakfast Room
On view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III; given to MFAH, 1996.

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Breakfront Bookcase
William Vile
c. 1727–1760
Mahogany
94.1192
Bureau Cabinet
c. 1750
Parcel gilt, mahogany
96.1588
Desk and Bookcase
Edmund Townsend
c. 1765–1785
Mahogany; eastern white pine; chestnut; yellow poplar, and cedar
B.99.24
Bureau Table
Thomas Spencer
c. 1780–1785
Mahogany; mahogany, eastern white pine, chestnut, soft maple, and yellow poplar
B.92.6
Chest
early 18th century
Walnut, gilt-metal
96.1350
Breakfront Bookcase
c. 1765
Mahogany
96.1640.A,.B
Desk (one of a pair)
c. 1720
Hardwood
94.1148.1
Desk (one of a pair)
c. 1720
Hardwood
94.1148.2
Chest of Drawers
Gillows, Lancaster
c. 1880–1900
Walnut, various secondary woods, and marble
94.1060
Cupboard
c. 1670–1700
Red oak and red maple; white pine and western red cedar
B.93.11
Cylinder Desk
John Cobb
c. 1770
Sycamore
96.1243
S. Giovanni
Romualdo Alinari
1850–1859
Albumen silver print
2000.272.92