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Writing table, Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760, Mahogany, leather, gilt bronze
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Table

Writing table

Thomas Chippendale · ca. 1760

Medium
Mahogany, leather, gilt bronze
Dimensions
30 3/4 × 71 1/2 × 41 1/2 in. (78.1 × 181.6 × 105.4 cm)
Accession
1971.145
Credit line
Purchase, Irwin Untermyer Gift and Gift of Irwin Untermyer, by exchange, 1971
Culture
British
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