Desk and Bookcase
John Townsend (American, 1732–1809)
- Maker
- John Townsend (American, 1732–1809)
- Date
- c. 1780–95
- Medium
- "Plum pudding" mahogany, red cedar, chestnut, white pine, brass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 240 x 108 x 64.8 cm (94 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)
- Form
- Desk
- Origin
- America
- Culture
- America, Rhode Island, Newport, 18th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession
- 2012.43
- Credit line
- Gift of Harvey Buchanan in memory of Penelope Draper Buchanan and Dorothy Tuckerman Draper
This desk and bookcase was likely made for Oliver Wolcott Sr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later governor of Connecticut.