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From the Diplomatic Reception Rooms

Desk and Bookcase

Desk and Bookcase

c. 1760 - 1780
Marblehead or Salem, Massachusetts
Mahogany; eastern white pine

94 x 45 1/8 x 25 3/8 in.
(238.8 x 114.6 x 64.5 cm)

This elaborate oxbow desk and bookcase belonged to Robert Hooper, a Marblehead, Massachusetts, a merchant who achieved enormous success through trade with the West Indies. [more

Chest of Drawers

c. 1770 - 1785
Boston, Massachusetts
Mahogany; Eastern white pine

30 7/16 x 35 7/8 x 20 in.
(77.3 x 91.1 x 50.8 cm)

Made of boldly, stripe-figured mahogany four inches thick, this chest has been widely acclaimed as a "tour de force" of the bombe' form. [more]

Chest of Drawers
Armchair

Armchair

c. 1766
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mahogany; white oak

40 5/8 x 28 1/8 x 28 5/8 in.
(103.1 x 71.5 x 72.7 cm)

Few pieces of furniture evoke the magnificence to which Philadelphia's elite aspired during the colonial period as well as this armchair.  [more]


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