Desk and Bookcase

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of the Americas

1760–70

Artist unknown (American, 18th century)
Salem, Massachusetts

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Artist unknown
Title: Desk and Bookcase
Place: Salem (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1760–1770
Medium: Mahogany and white pine
Inscriptions: Loan sticker on back from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston numbered "182.23"
Dimensions: 257.7 × 115.6 × 64.7 cm (101 1/2 × 45 9/16 × 25 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1945.82
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The Antiquarian Society (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1951), no. 26.

Art Institute of Chicago, The Antiquarian Society: The First One Hundred Years, Apr. 23–June 19, 1977, cat. 142.

Mrs. Mary Chase (Frank B.) Witherbee, Boston, prior to 1923 to c. 1928 [on long-term loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1923–25]; with Brooks Reed Gallery, Inc., Boston, dates unknown; with Mr. Philip Young, Boston, by 1945; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1945.

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