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Nathan Starkey redivivus.(Collectors' notes)(Biography)

The Magazine Antiques

| October 01, 2005 | Gustafson, Eleanor H. | COPYRIGHT 2005 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Fifty years ago, in this very column, a collector named Ralph B. Little introduced readers of The Magazine ANTIQUES to the work of Nathan Starkey, a nineteenth-century Philadelphia maker of portable desks and other types of small chests. (1) Now another collector and admirer of Starkey's work has sent us the following contribution, which expands both our knowledge of Starkey and the photographic record of his output. Kevin H. Kerchner writes:

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Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the popularity of portable desks was at its height, with prominent citizens using them both at home and while traveling. Nathan Starkey was ...

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