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The most famous pieces of furniture made by the leading |
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cabinetmaking families of Newport, the Townsends and the |
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Goddards, are the desks and bookcases with block fronts |
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and six or nine shells. On these, the tripartite division |
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of the blocked drawer fronts, terminating in large shells |
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on the fall front, is continued upward on the bookcase |
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unit in three hinged doors covering an array of |
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cubbyholes. These monumental work stations were also |
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symbols of their owners' business achievements. Thus, for |
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example, each of the four Brown brothers, the leading |
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merchants in late-eighteenth-century Providence, Rhode |
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Island, had one. |
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Date Published: 2014-02-25 20:46:31 |
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Identifier: mma_desk_and_bookcase_3141 |
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Item Size: 2335474 |
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Media Type: image |
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# Topics |
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Chestnut |
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North and Central America |
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Case furniture |
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Softwood |
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Mahogany |
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Bookcases |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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American |
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Pine |
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Desks |
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United States |
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1760–90 |
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Newport |
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Wood |
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Poplar |
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Mahogany, chestnut, white pine, yello... |
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Cedar |
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Rhode Island |
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tulip poplar, cedar |
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Furniture |
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# Collections |
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metropolitanmuseumofart-gallery |
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@jeff_kaplan |
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