About the Artwork
Slant Top Desk
between 1710 and 1720
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American
American
Walnut and walnut burl veneer and white pine
Overall: 40 1/2 × 35 3/4 × 20 3/4 inches (102.9 × 90.8 × 52.7 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill, Gibbs-Williams Fund; gifts from Mrs. John J. O'Brien and Dr. and Mrs. John A. Callahan by exchange
2001.8
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Israel Sack, Inc.
2001-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"American Decorative Arts Acquisitions 1985-2005." Bulletin of the DIA 81, 1-2 (2007): pp. 24-25, 53.
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American, Slant Top Desk, between 1710 and 1720, walnut and walnut burl veneer and white pine. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill, Gibbs-Williams Fund, et al., 2001.8.
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