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Standing desk

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-13886

Description

Painted standing desk on frame w/ slanted hinged top. Dark brown waist molding at top of frame. Front skirt arched at center. Three stretchers along lower legs. Raised shelf at top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

standing desks
desks
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
DESK, STANDING

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

57 x 43.25 x 28.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.121

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