Desk, 1769, Made in Colchester, Connecticut, United States, American, Cherry, white pine, tulip poplar, 49 3/4 x 44 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (126.4 x 113 x 62.2 cm), Furniture, Benjamin Burnham (ca. 1729–1773), Inscribed: “This Desk was maid in the / year 1769 Buy Benjn Burnham, / that sarvfed his time in Felledlfey [Philadelphia]” this is the best documented and most ambitious of all Connecticut desks. Oddly enough, there is no apparent Philadelphia influence
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Desk, 1769, Colchester, Connecticut, United States, American, Cherry, white pine, tulip poplar, 49 3/4 x 44 1/2 24 1/2, 126.4 113 62.2 cm, Furniture, Benjamin Burnham, ca., 1729–1773, Inscribed, maid, year 1769, Buy, Benjn, Burnham, sarvfed, time, Felledlfey, Philadelphia, best documented, ambitious, Connecticut desks, Oddly enough, no apparent, influence
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