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Desk and bookcase
1760–80
Object Place: Salem or Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, white pine
Dimensions
Overall: 253.4 x 118.1 x 63.5 cm, 80.29 kg (99 3/4 x 46 1/2 x 25 in., 177 lb.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lucy Davis Donovan, Emily Lincoln Lewis, and Mary Lowell Warren in memory of their Mother, Mary Lowell Davis
Accession Number1989.308
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionDesk and bookcase with blockfront lower section with gilded ball and claw feet and engaged columns; upper section has broken scroll pediment with gilded rosettes and carved torus molding.