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| Title: | Desk and Bookcase |
| Date: | 1764 |
| Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, American |
| Medium: | Mahogany, tulip poplar, white cedar, red cedar; brass |
| Dimensions: | With Cartouche: 9 feet 2 inches × 45 inches × 25 inches (279.4 × 114.3 × 63.5 cm) Height (To top of scroll mouldings): 8 feet 4 inches (254 cm) Other (Upper Case): 62 1/2 × 44 3/4 × 14 inches (158.8 × 113.7 × 35.6 cm) Other (Lower Case): 44 1/2 × 45 × 25 inches (113 × 114.3 × 63.5 cm) Other (Bookcase shelves): 2 3/4 × 40 × 10 1/2 inches (7 × 101.6 × 26.7 cm) Height (Writing Height): 31 7/8 inches (81 cm) |
| Classification: | Furniture/Furnishings |
| Credit Line: | Gift of George Horace Lorimer, 1929 |
| Accession Number: | 1929-178-1 |
| Geography: | Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America |
| Context: | Period: Colonial |
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