American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Desk
Desk
Mervyn Macartney|W. Hall for Kenton and Co.|Kenton & Co., London · 1891
Medium
Mahogany veneered on the exterior with Macassar ebony, silver plated brass knobs, silver molding
Dimensions
Overall: 38 × 29 1/4 × 14 in. (96.5 × 74.3 × 35.6 cm)
Accession
2006.4
Credit line
Purchase, The James Parker Charitable Foundation Gift, 2006
Culture
British
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