Desk-on-frame, 1690–1720, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Sweet gum, possibly mahogany veneer, yellow poplar, 35 1/4 x 33 3/4 x 24 in. (89.5 x 85.7 x 61 cm), Furniture, An early inscription in Dutch inside the lid recording a business transaction points to a New York origin for this desk, which is reputed to have been found in Brooklyn in the early 1900s. The use of gumwood, a wood that found favor in New York City and environs for furniture and interior woodwork during the early decades of the eighteenth century, supports such an attribution
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