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Willam and Mary Secretary Desk.
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Title
Willam and Mary Secretary Desk.
Publisher
London
Date
ca. 1680 to possibly after 1710
Physical Description
81 x 40 x 25 inches.
Is referenced by
Library Company of Philadelphia. Quarter of a Millennium. Philadelphia: Library Company, 1981, p. 222-223.
Sommer, Frank. “John F. Watson: First Historian of American Decorative Arts,” Antiques 83 (3)(March 1963): 300, 303.
Wilburn, Pansylea Howard. “Quaker Silversmith Nathaniel Coleman,” Silver Magazine (January-February, 2001).
Notes
Oak with black walnut veneer.
This desk was owned by William Penn.
John Fanning Watson saw the desk in 1827 when it was owned by Nathaniel Coleman, a silversmith of Burlington, N.J. Watson described the piece as in "in very old & unsightly condition," but it still had its mirrors. The desk no longer has mirrors.
Gift of John Jay Smith, 1873.
Exhibited in the Library Company's exhibition, Quarter of a Millennium (1981). Exhibited at the State Museum in Harrisburg, PA, 1964-1966 and 1993-1994.
Subject
Desks.
Genre
Secretary desk.
Associated name
Penn, William, 1644-1718, former owner.
Location
OBJ 005
Accession number
OBJ 005
In Collections
Art and Artifacts Collection
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