Chippendale Slant-front Desk
Unknown American, American
about 1775
Mahogany, cherry, mahogany veneer, and brass
Overall: 46 1/4 × 42 × 23 1/2 in. (117.5 × 106.7 × 59.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Katherine and Arthur C. Smith, Class of 1926, TU 1927
F.984.37.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Furniture: Storage
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Stamped, on backboard, upper left: B-HOYT; stamped, on backboard, left center: B.C.; label on bottom: [star shaped lines, tapering off to the right]
Provenance
Katherine and Arthur Carleton Smith; given to present collection, 1984.
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