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Miniature Desk

Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1800-1820

GUSN

GUSN-3269

Description

Slant-top lid hinged with leather straps over two long drawers, each with single, carved wood pulls; the lid opens to three drawers and pigeonholes; everything is painted red.

Details

Descriptive Terms

miniatures (toys)
desks
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
Desk, Slant-top

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1053

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