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Desk

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1815

GUSN

GUSN-37422

Description

Ogee-bracket fee with spure, 4 graduated drawers with string inlay, scallop-edged inlay in top

Details

Descriptive Terms

desks
mahogany (wood)
eastern white pine (wood)
birch (wood)
veneer
black cherry (wood)
Federal
Desk

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Salem, Massachusetts, New England; Danvers, Massachusetts, New England

Dimensions

42.625 x 44.5 x 22 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

1934.2919

Places

Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Possibly Danvers (Essex county, Massachusetts)

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