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Article: Dexter Edwin Spalding, \"Benjamin Frothingham of Charlestown, Cabinetmaker and Soldier,\" Antiques 14, no. 6 (December 1928): 537.  Article: Mabel Munson Swan, \"Major Benjamin Frothingham, Cabinetmaker,\" Antiques 62, no. 5 (November 1952): 395."},{"label":"Exhibition History","value":"Exhibition: \"Boston Antiques Exposition\" (Boston, MA, December 9-13, 1929)"},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Previously in the estate of Phillip Flayderman, sold by Anderson Gallery, 1930, lot 418. Subsequently sold by Israel Sack, #55, Anderson Gallery, January 9, 1932. Subsequently in the collection of Mrs. Sidney Harwood."},{"label":"Associated Objects","value":"See DAPC_1965-1805 for a similar desk interior."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 43.75 in. (111.3 cm), Width 44.5 in. (113 cm), Depth 23.38 in. (59.37 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"Chippendale-style mahogany slant-front desk with a fall lid that opens up unto a flat surface on which to write. The desk interior is stepped with a lower, deeper tier of a wide drawer flanked by two narrower drawers and an upper, narrower tier of prospect unit, pigeonholes, and drawers. The prospect unit consists of two stacked, blocked drawers with inset shell carving flanked by two document drawers with applied half turnings in the form of a column with flame. On either side of the prospect unit are four pigeonholes with serpentine valances above two drawers. The wide drawer on the lower tier is fitted with two small brass knobs; the other drawers each have a single knob. Below the desk surface, the case has an oxbow facade. The case has four graduated drawers. The uppermost drawer is flanked by lopers, each of which has a single knob. The drawers each have a shaped escutcheon and two bail pulls with back plates of the same design as the escutcheons. The case sits on ogee bracket feet."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"7/20/2018"},{"label":"Marks, Signatures, and Inscriptions","value":"Engraved label on upper surface of drawer bottom of widest drawer in desk interior: [Benjn Frothingham / Cabinet Maker / in / Charlestown, NE] with subscript [N.H. Scp.] indicating Nathaniel Hurd engraved the label."},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany"},{"label":"Style","value":["Chippendale"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Dated based on design."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1760 - D:00 M:00 Y:1780"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Label locates Frothingham in Charlestown, Massachusetts."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Charlestown, Massachusetts"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Labeled by Frothingham."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Frothingham, Benjamin, Jr., cabinetmaker, 1734-1809"]},{"label":"Other Name","value":"Secretary; Secretary desk; Fall-front desk; Bureau-cabinet; Drop-front desk; Straight-front desk; Drop-front cabinet"},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Desk"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Case furniture"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Slant-front desk"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"7/20/2018"}],"description":"Slant-front desk","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/f3969b7a-d8ca-4fad-ae24-e6dfc963ce90/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1965-0904-001_overall","height":1500,"width":1379,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/83eaa134-d2c7-4d22-b3c9-03b6a4323880/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/83eaa134-d2c7-4d22-b3c9-03b6a4323880","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":1379},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/f3969b7a-d8ca-4fad-ae24-e6dfc963ce90/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/83eaa134-d2c7-4d22-b3c9-03b6a4323880/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/f3969b7a-d8ca-4fad-ae24-e6dfc963ce90/canvas/_2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1965-0904-002_open","height":1500,"width":1480,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/90e49d11-bded-47e2-85db-2edb5af2f97c/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/90e49d11-bded-47e2-85db-2edb5af2f97c","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":1500,"width":1480},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/f3969b7a-d8ca-4fad-ae24-e6dfc963ce90/canvas/_2","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/90e49d11-bded-47e2-85db-2edb5af2f97c/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/f3969b7a-d8ca-4fad-ae24-e6dfc963ce90/canvas/_3","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1965-0904-003_label","height":1040,"width":1500,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/2dfabf27-476c-44c7-9cb7-cbd83700c6d6/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/2dfabf27-476c-44c7-9cb7-cbd83700c6d6","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":1040,"width":1500},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/f3969b7a-d8ca-4fad-ae24-e6dfc963ce90/canvas/_3","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/2dfabf27-476c-44c7-9cb7-cbd83700c6d6/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/83eaa134-d2c7-4d22-b3c9-03b6a4323880/full/300,300/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}