id:			170257
accession number:	2012.43
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.43
updated:		2025-02-09 07:02:29.549000

Desk and Bookcase, c. 1780–95. Attributed to John Townsend (American, 1732–1809). "Plum pudding" mahogany, red cedar, chestnut, white pine, brass; overall: 240 x 108 x 64.8 cm (94 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Harvey Buchanan in memory of Penelope Draper Buchanan and Dorothy Tuckerman Draper 2012.43

title:				Desk and Bookcase
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creation date:			c. 1780–95
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1800
current location:		204 Colonial American
creditline:			Gift of Harvey Buchanan in memory of Penelope Draper Buchanan and Dorothy Tuckerman Draper
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culture:	America, Rhode Island, Newport, 18th century
technique:	"Plum pudding" mahogany, red cedar, chestnut, white pine, brass
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* John Townsend (American, 1732–1809)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 240 x 108 x 64.8 cm (94 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'No existing exhibition history.', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	Oliver Wolcott, Sr [1726-1797], a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, commissioned from the maker.
	date: probably 1785
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	Thence by descent through the Wolcott, Tuckerman, Minturn, Draper, Buchanan families.
	date: 1785-2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2012-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 53 no. 02, March/April 2013
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 23
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-02/page/n21

	Bidwell, Frederick E. and Leslie Cade.<em> The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 137
	url:		http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=857403600

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 20
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.43/2012.43_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.43/2012.43_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.43/2012.43_full.tif