Slant-front Desk (part of desk and bookcase)
Unknown American, American
about 1775-1790
Birch and original brasses
Overall: 43 5/16 × 41 9/16 × 20 1/8 in. (110 × 105.5 × 51.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Lydia G. Hutchinson, wife of Paul L. Hutchinson, Class of 1920
F.985.17.2A
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Furniture: Storage
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in chalk, top of desk: C E Gliddur [?] Danvers Mass
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Squire and Mrs. John Colley; collected by Paul Lochart Hutchinson (1898-1971), Class of 1920 and Lydia G. Hutchinson (1907-1985), North Palm Beach, Florida, date unknown; to Lydia G. Hutchinson, 1971; gift of her estate to present collection, 1985.
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