1800-1830
GUSN-2617
Rectangular form with brass strapping, corner caps, lockplate, nameplate and corner straps; it has hinged brass handles and plates at sides as the hinged lid lifts to fitted box; has a felt-lined writing area, pencil tray and other compartments as well as a left out tray.
portable desks
desks
brass (alloy)
felt (textile)
mahogany (wood)
Mahogany
Brass
Felt
DESK, PORTABLE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.835
Unknown
England
6 x 19.75 x 10.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.836
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