Drop Front Desk
Unknown Maker (possibly Pennsylvania or New York), American, 19th century
about 1810-1826
Mahogany exterior with tulip or poplar interior
Overall: 58 3/8 × 33 1/2 × 24 5/8 in. (148.3 × 85.1 × 62.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Gamaliel Bradford and her daughter, Mrs. Carroll G. Ross
F.933.11
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furniture: Storage
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on bottom of center drawer inside desk: C.A. / 1826.
Publication History
"As Good Made Them" by Gamaliel Bradford, p. 2.
Provenance
Henry W. Kinsman (Daniel Webster's partner); bequeathed to Mary McKnight Kinsman [Howe] (daughter); bequeathed to Gordon Salterstall Howe (son); sold to Gamaliel Bradford VI (cousin); to Helen F. Bradford and Sarah Bradford Ross (daughter); to present collection, 1933.
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