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Desk
Attributed to: John Channon (1711–1783)
England
George II
about 1745–1755
Medium/Technique
Wood; Padouk, mahogany, brass-inlaid kneehole
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 30 x 46 x 25 1/2 in. (76 1/5 x 116 4/5 x 10 1/16 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Penelope B. and Gerald W. Kriegel in memory of Ross Henry Bryan
Accession Number2011.2126
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionA mahogany writing desk with two short and two long drawers and a slide at either end. The front has blind drawers with a cupboard door in the kneehole. End columns and central pilasters inlaid with brass fillets, as are blind drawers and perimeter of top. Desk stands on six cabriole legs with heavily carved claw-and-ball feet.
ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald (b. 1866 - d. 1937), 10 Downing Street, London [see note]. February 1, 1977, sale, Phillips, London, lot 70, to Ronald A. Lee Fine Arts, Ltd., London; 1977, sold by Ronald A. Lee Fine Arts to Mallett, London (dealer). By 2003, William Blair, Ltd., Hammond, LA; February 7, 2003, sold by Blair to Gerald and Penny Kriegel, Duxbury, MA; 2011, year-end gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kriegel to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)
NOTE: According to information provided by Ronald A. Lee Fine Arts.
NOTE: According to information provided by Ronald A. Lee Fine Arts.