Harvard Art Museums > 1996.4: Slant top desk on frame Furniture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Slant top desk on frame (Unidentified Artist) , 1996.4,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/226415. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1996.4 People Unidentified Artist Title Slant top desk on frame Classification Furniture Work Type desk Date c. 1700-1750 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/226415 Physical Descriptions Medium Painted white pine Dimensions 130.2 x 83.2 x 48.9 cm (51 1/4 x 32 3/4 x 19 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Inscribed in ink on the interior of desk well: "J. Gyles Merrill's Harvard College 1755" and James C. Merrill's Desk/Harvard College/October 6 1803." Incised on runner: "SM" (probably Samuel Merrill); inside lid, in pencil: May the/[ ]/300 Provenance Recorded Ownership History J. Gyles Merrill, to his son James C. Merrill. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes, Paul J. Sachs, and John Coolidge, by exchange Accession Year 1996 Object Number 1996.4 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Harvard Tercentenary Exhibition: Catalogue of Furniture, Silver, Pewter, Glass, Ceramics, Paintings, Prints, together with Allied Arts and Crafts of the Period 1636-1836, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, Ma., 1936), p. 55, no. 249, pl. 44 Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee, "Bible Boxes Were Also Desks", The American Collector (1942), 11, p. 6, pl. III Barry A. Greenlaw, New England Furniture at Williamsburg, The University Press of Virginia (Williamsburg, VA, 1974), p. 113, no. 94 James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), p. 53, repr. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
