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TOWNSEND SCHOOL, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 1750-1780
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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SLANT-FRONT DESK
Townsend School, Newport, Rhode Island, 1750-1780
The hinged lid opening to an interior fitted with a central block-and-shell carved prospect door flanked by small drawers and pigeon holes with valence drawers, above a case fitted with four graduated drawers, and a molded base with ogee-bracket feet, inscribed on the base in pencil indistinctly (Townsend?)
41¾in. high, 39in. wide, 22in. deep
Townsend School, Newport, Rhode Island, 1750-1780
The hinged lid opening to an interior fitted with a central block-and-shell carved prospect door flanked by small drawers and pigeon holes with valence drawers, above a case fitted with four graduated drawers, and a molded base with ogee-bracket feet, inscribed on the base in pencil indistinctly (Townsend?)
41¾in. high, 39in. wide, 22in. deep