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Table, Used as a Writing Desk by Mark Twain, 1830-1860
1830/1860
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
This table belonged to Mark Twain (1835-1910), American author and humorist whose real name was Samuel L. Clemens. The author wrote at this table during the later years of his life. Twain's daughter Clara gave it to Henry Ford, along with a portrait of her father.
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- Title: Table, Used as a Writing Desk by Mark Twain, 1830-1860
- Date Created: 1830/1860
- Location: United States, New York, New York
- Subject Keywords: Dropleaf tables, Writing desks, Dining tables, Furniture, Authors, Novelists, Writing, Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910, Clemens, Clara, 1874-1962
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=17955
- Object Name: Dropleaf table
- Object ID: 36.18.1
- Image ID: THF126986
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch.
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