Tall Cabinet Desk
c. 1815-1835
Artists
Dimensions
158.8 x 116.8 x 56.5 cm (62 1/2 x 46 x 22 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Murray Anthony and Bessie Pease Potter; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1957.
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