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An ornate silver desk with a matching chair, both adorned with intricate floral inlay and curved legs. The desk features drawers and a central mirror framed in elaborate silverwork.

The Long Road Home

The Gorham Writing Table and Chair
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After a half-century's journey, Gorham's magnificent writing table and chair made for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair returned home to Providence.

Lobsters and Snowshoes

The Hayes Presidential Service
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A chance meeting between the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and Theodore Davis, an illustrator and journalist for "Harper's Weekly", in the White House conservatory produced one of the most extraordinary dinner services.