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| Figure 11 Escritoire, New York City or northern Kings County, 1695–1720. Desk-on-frame, gumwood, possibly walnut veneer, tulip poplar. H. 35 1/4", W. 33 3/4", D. 24". (Courtesy, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1944, acc.44.47, All rights reserved, The Metropolitan Museum of Art) The turnings on the side stretchers are closely related to those on the front stretcher of the grand chair illustrated in fig. 10. |