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Desk and bookcase, bombé base

(American, 1739–1806)
about 1760
Object PlaceProbably Boston, New England, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, white pine
DimensionsOverall: 248 x 106.7 x 61 cm (97 5/8 x 42 x 24 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number39.181
On View
On view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
Provenance"the M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts."
Peace
Albert Henry Atkins
1915
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
1917
Pan American Exposition Medal
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
1901
Standing Liberty type (Type I)
Hermon Atkins MacNeil
1917
John Gibbs
about 1790
John Gibbs
about 1780
John Gibbs
1838
Gibbs, Gardner & Co.
1838
Gibbs, Gardner & Co.
1838
Commode
Thomas Seymour
1809
Hat
Ethel Atkins
mid to late 1950s