Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 149
not being sufficientlyplain to determine it.Desks, secretaries, andchests of drawers havebeen found with blockfronts and these fineshells. All were origi-nally owned in RhodeIsland or near there,and nearly all can betraced back to New-port, probably to thesame cabinet - maker.This writing-table… … Ulus. 83. — Serpentine-front Desk,Cabinet Top, 1770. 124 Furniture of the Olden Time brook, New York. It measures thirty-four inchesin height and thirty-six and three-quarters inches inlength. A door with a shell carved upon it opens
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