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Desk
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Desk

about 1870–80
Object PlaceProbably Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, chestnut, birch, yellow-poplar, tiger maple, other unidentified woods, leather
DimensionsOverall: 82.6 x 149.9 x 75.2 cm (32 1/2 x 59 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Nancy G. Myers and Lawrence Coolidge
Accession number1993.947
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ClassificationsFurniture
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InscriptionsDrawers and drawer blades are numbered in pencil 1 through 6.ProvenanceEarly history unknown, but may have been owned by Philip H. Sears and his descendants; 1967, acquired by the donors when they purchased the Second Harrison Gray Otis House, 85 Mount Vernon Street, Boston; 1993, Gift of Nancy G. Myers and Lawrence Coolidge (accession date: January 26, 1994); December 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA.
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