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THE COL. WILLIAM RICH WHITELEY FEDERAL MAHOGANY TAMBOUR DESK-AND-BOOKCASE 
POSSIBLY JOHN AITKEN (1770-1814), PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1795 
appears to retain orginal brasses
98 3/4 in. high, 42 1/2 in. wide, 28 1/4 in. deep
Provenance
Col. William Rich Whiteley (1752-1815), New Castle County and Whiteleysburg, Kent County, Delaware and Caroline County, Maryland
William Stevens Whiteley (1774-1859), son
William Stevens Whiteley (1826-1915), son
Hon. James Gustavus Whiteley (1866-1947), Baltimore, circa 1937, son
Joe Kindig, Jr., York, Pennsylvania, 1947
May and Howard Joynt, Alexandria, Virginia
Literature
Edgar G. Miller American Antique Furniture, vol. 1 (Baltimore, 1937), pp. 448, 451, no. 825. 
Joe Kindig, Jr., advertisement, The Magazine Antiques (October 1947), inside front cover. 
J. Michael Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection (New York, 1986), p. 216 (referenced).  
The Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, Winterthur Library. 
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