Desk and bookcase, 1760–90, Made in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, American, Mahogany, chestnut, white pine, yellow pine, 99 1/8 x 44 1/8 x 25 3/4 in. (251.8 x 112.1 x 65.4 cm), Furniture, The most famous pieces of furniture made by the leading cabinetmaking families of Newport, the Townsends and the Goddards, are the desks and bookcases with block fronts and six or nine shells. On these, the tripartite division of the blocked drawer fronts, terminating in large shells on the fall front, is continued upward on the bookcase unit in three hinged doors covering an array of cubbyholes
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Desk, bookcase, 1760–90, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, American, Mahogany, chestnut, white pine, yellow, 99 1/8 x 44 25 3/4, 251.8 112.1 65.4 cm, Furniture, famous pieces, furniture, leading cabinetmaking families, Townsends, Goddards, desks, bookcases, block fronts, six, nine shells, tripartite division, blocked drawer, fronts, terminating, large, fall front, continued upward, bookcase unit, three hinged, doors, covering, array, cubbyholes
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