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Desk

Nathaniel Gould (American, 1734–1781)

1760–80

Object PlaceSalem, Massachusetts

Medium/TechniqueMahogany, white pine

DimensionsOverall: 111.8 x 97.8 x 61 cm (44 x 38 1/2 x 24 in.)

Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts

Accession number41.574

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ClassificationsFurniture

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InscriptionsInk inscription on bottom of central drawer inside: "This desk is supposed to have been built in . . . / It was the property of . . . Emerson / Was bought of Thomas Emerson his . . . / By Sidney A. Merriam 1874 / Fell to Arthur A. Merriam Aug. 14, 1874" Bought of Mrs. Merriam 1939 ---- Chalk inscription on side of top left interior drawer: [arithmatic equation]

ProvenancePossibly made for a member of the Emerson family (see inscription); by descent to a Thomas Emerson; bought from him in 1874 by Sidney A. Merriam; "fell to" Arthur A. Merriam, August 14, 1874; presumably by descent to his wife; purchased in New York in 1939 from Mrs. Merriam for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts; given in 1941. (Accession date: September 11, 1941)