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This desk and bookcase is exceptional in quality and condition. The proportions are good, the richly figured tiger-stripe maple carefully selected and precisely wrought. The original red finish, in imitation of mahogany, has faded to a golden hue.
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Title: Desk and Bookcase
Date: 1794
Geography: Made in Massachusetts, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Maple, white pine
Dimensions: 84 x 45 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. (213.4 x 116.2 x 64.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Screven Lorillard, 1953
Object Number: 53.179.1a
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