Four graduated oxbow-front drawers; ball and claw feet wtih spur brackets; small drops; two ties interior drawers; shell-carved pigeonhole drawers.
desks
mahogany (wood)
eastern white pine (wood)
Federal
Desk
"A Snow Storm 27 January/1803/Eben P[ ]d" (Purdee?)
"Balch 11 Lane Street/#106, West 4th Street Yo[ ]"
"Henry/Purdee/His Draw"
Unknown
45.5 x 45.5 x 27.375 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Harriet L. J. Croy
1954.48
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