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Desk

(1711–1783)
about 1745–1755
Medium/TechniqueWood; Padouk, mahogany, brass-inlaid kneehole
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 30 x 46 x 25 1/2 in. (76 1/5 x 116 4/5 x 10 1/16 cm.)
Credit LineGift of Penelope B. and Gerald W. Kriegel in memory of Ross Henry Bryan
Accession number2011.2126
On View
On view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald (b. 1866 - d. 1937), 10 Downing Street, London [see note]. February 1, 1977, sale, Phillips, London, lot 70, to Ronald A. Lee Fine Arts, Ltd., London; 1977, sold by Ronald A. Lee Fine Arts to Mallett, London (dealer). By 2003, William Blair, Ltd., Hammond, LA; February 7, 2003, sold by Blair to Gerald and Penny Kriegel, Duxbury, MA; 2011, year-end gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kriegel to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)

NOTE: According to information provided by Ronald A. Lee Fine Arts.
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