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Desk · Watervliet
Writing Box
Shaker Colony · Watervliet · 1825–60
Medium
Chestnut
Dimensions
11.5 × 46.4 × 32.5 cm (4 1/2 × 18 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.)
Accession
1988.210
Credit line
Juli and David Grainger Fund
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