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Cylinder-fall desk and chair, ca. 1785–90, Mahogany and ebony, gilt-bronze mounts

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Chair

Cylinder-fall desk and chair

Maker unknown · ca. 1785–90

Medium: Mahogany and ebony, gilt-bronze mounts
Dimensions: Overall: 52 × 62 1/8 × 29 in. (132.1 × 157.8 × 73.7 cm)
Accession: 19.46a, b
Credit line: Gift of Mr. Jacques Seligmann of Paris, in memory of J.Pierpont Morgan, 1919
Culture: French or German

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