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Among the most impressive forms of American furniture, the desk and bookcase was a symbol of its owner’s mercantile and intellectual achievements. On this example, a carved finial bust of a young woman, likely a literary figure, emerges from the broken-scroll pediment at the top.
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Title: Desk and bookcase
Date: 1765–90
Geography: Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Mahogany, yellow pine, red cedar, white oak, tulip poplar
Dimensions: 96 5/8 x 40 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (245.4 x 102.9 x 62.9 cm)
Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1918
Object Number: 18.110.1
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