COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.15.21.2
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MMA_.15.21.2
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
American
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American
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Desk and bookcase
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Desk and bookcase
Title
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Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1760-1790
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1760-1790
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1760
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1760
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1790
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1790
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany, chestnut, white pine, yellow pine, tulip poplar
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Mahogany, chestnut, white pine, yellow pine, tulip poplar
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Furniture
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Furniture
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
99 1/8 x 44 1/8 x 25 3/4 in. (251.8 x 112.1 x 65.4 cm)
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99 1/8 x 44 1/8 x 25 3/4 in. (251.8 x 112.1 x 65.4 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
15.21.2
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15.21.2
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1915
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Rogers Fund, 1915
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
The most famous pieces of furniture made by the leading cabinetmaking families of Newport, the Townsends and the Goddards, are the desks and bookcases with block fronts and six or nine shells. On these, the tripartite division of the blocked drawer fronts, terminating in large shells on the fall front, is continued upward on the bookcase unit in three hinged doors covering an array of cubbyholes. These monumental work stations were also symbols of their owners' business achievements. Thus, for example, each of the four Brown brothers, the leading merchants in late-eighteenth-century Providence, Rhode Island, had one.
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<P>The most famous pieces of furniture made by the leading cabinetmaking families of Newport, the Townsends and the Goddards, are the desks and bookcases with block fronts and six or nine shells. On these, the tripartite division of the blocked drawer fronts, terminating in large shells on the fall front, is continued upward on the bookcase unit in three hinged doors covering an array of cubbyholes. These monumental work stations were also symbols of their owners' business achievements. Thus, for example, each of the four Brown brothers, the leading merchants in late-eighteenth-century Providence, Rhode Island, had one.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ad15.21.2.R.tif
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MMA_.ad15.21.2.R.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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