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Job Townsend, cabinetmaker

Desk and Bookcase, 1750-1760

Description

Maker

  • Job Townsend, 1699-1765, American, cabinetmaker

Title

Desk and Bookcase

Year

1750-1760

Medium

Mahogany, chestnut, pine and tulipwood

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pine,
  • mahogany,
  • chestnut,
  • tulipwood

Dimensions

209.6 x 101.6 cm (82 1/2 x 40 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label on inside of prospect door:Made/by/Job Townsend/in Newport

Place

Newport; Rhode Island

Type

  • Decorative Arts,
  • Furniture

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

36.006

Projects & Publications

Publications

American Furniture In Pendleton House

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Pablo Bronstein

September 20, 2019 - September 20, 2020

Focus on Form

April 1, 1998 - May 21, 2000

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Desk and Bookcase with the accession number of 36.006. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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