SLANT FRONT DESK Signed and likely made by Abraham Tourtellot (1698-1762) Glocester, Rhode Island Probably 1743
Primary Wood: Maple Secondary Woods: Maple, Chestnut, White Pine
Height: 44 1/2 inches Width: 35 1/2 inches Depth: 19 7/8 inches
Marks: Incised on exterior bottom and exterior proper left side of interior drawer “AHTourtellot.” Provenance: Hannah Tourtellot (nee Case, widow of Jeremiah Corps (Corpe)) and Abraham Tourtellot (1698-1762), Glocester, Rhode Island; Ginsburg and Levy, Inc., New York; Private Collection, Michigan; Private Collection, New Jersey. According to Patricia Kane, this may be the desk referred to in the family's 1762 estate inventory for "45 pounds." Reference: The desk is fully illustrated in Patricia Kane, et al, Art & Industry in Early America; Rhode Island Furniture, 1650-1830 , entry 13, pages 165-167. It was included in the associated exhibition.
WILLIAM AND MARY HIGH CHEST OF DRAWERS Boston Circa 1710
Primary Woods: Walnut, Maple Secondary Woods: White Pine
Height: 61 1/2 inches Width: 40 3/4 inches Depth: 22 1/4 inches
Provenance: Frederic B. Pratt, Brooklyn, New York, 1914; The Brooklyn Museum.
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