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Folding military desk

Object PlaceSomerville, Massaschusetts
Medium/TechniqueAluminum, green paint
DimensionsOverall (closed): 78.1 x 41.3 x 55.9 cm (30 3/4 x 16 1/4 x 22 in.)
Overall (open): 75.6 x 149.9 x 55.9 cm (29 3/4 x 59 x 22 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1462
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2000, owned by Decodence (gallery), San Francisco, California; January 15, 2000, sold to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
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