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Desk and bookcase, bombé base
Attributed to: Gibbs Atkins (American, 1739–1806)
American
about 1760
Object Place: Probably Boston, New England, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, white pine
Dimensions
Overall: 248 x 106.7 x 61 cm (97 5/8 x 42 x 24 in.)
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number39.181
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
Catalogue Raisonné
Eighteenth-century American Arts no. 21
DescriptionScroll pediment with flame finials. Shaped-paneled doors flanked by fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals. Shelves and pigeonholes inside, shell carved. Candles slides. Slant lid over 4 graduated drawers in bombe base. Claw and ball feet, shaped pendant from molded rail.
Provenance"the M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts."