Title
A Newport Chippendale Style Slant Front Desk
Date
1760-1780
Description
A Newport Chippendale Style SLANT-FRONT DESK (American, 18th century, Newport, RI) with block and shell interior. A sloping fall-front opening reveals a polished writing surface and a nest of small drawers and pigeonholes incorporating concealed drawers on either side of a central cupboard, containing a drawer and a divided compartment and enclosed by a door with a molded front carved with an intaglio shell. The lower portion has four graduated long drawers.
Rhode Island Furniture Archive Number: RIF4764
Rhode Island Furniture Archive Number: RIF4764
Cultural Origin
American
Newport
Medium
Mahogany
Extent
41 1/2" x 38" x 20"
Collection
Source
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gwendolen E. Rives.
Identifier
PSNC.6253
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