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Desk · New York
Secretary-bookcase
Robert Fisher · New York · 1825–35
Medium
Ebonized mahogany, mahogany, mahogany veneer, gilding, bronzing, stamped brass ornaments, and glass (secondary woods: pine, poplar, cherry)
Dimensions
102 x 55 3/4 x 28 1/8 in. (259.1 x 141.6 x 71.4 cm)
Accession
60.29.1a, b
Credit line
Gift of Francis Hartman Markoe, 1960
Culture
American
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