Desk and bookcase, 1765–90, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, yellow pine, red cedar, white oak, tulip poplar, 96 5/8 x 40 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (245.4 x 102.9 x 62.9 cm), Furniture, Among the most impressive forms of American furniture, the desk and bookcase was a symbol of its owner’s mercantile and intellectual achievements. On this example, a carved finial bust of a young woman, likely a literary figure, emerges from the broken-scroll pediment at the top
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Desk, bookcase, 1765–90, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, yellow pine, red cedar, white oak, tulip poplar, 96 5/8 x 40 1/2 24 3/4, 245.4 102.9 62.9 cm, Furniture, impressive forms, American furniture, desk, symbol, owner, mercantile, intellectual achievements, example, carved finial bust, young woman, literary figure, emerges, broken-scroll pediment, top
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