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| Figure 28 Desk-and-bookcase, Annapolis, John Shaw (active 1771–1819), 1797. Mahogany and light wood inlays with yellow pine and tulip poplar. H. 98 1/2", W. 41 1/4", D. 23 1/2". (Photo, Gavin Ashworth.) The design of the pediment is based on plate 57 of Thomas Sheraton’s The Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book (1793). |