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Desk

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1830-1840

GUSN

GUSN-50298

Description

Spiral-reeded legs, turned feet; lower doors; over-hanging drawers and cylinder-fall desk with interior pigeonholes, drawers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

desks
birch (wood)
cherry (wood)
mahogany (wood)
veneering
Norway spruce (wood)
Empire (style)
Desk

Inscription

In pencil on drawers: drawer nos.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

54 x 40 5/8 x 23 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Edwin Buckingham Sears

Accession Number

1983.70

Reference Notes

Wesselman, Linda J. and Martha D. Hamilton. Earliest Recollections: Furnishings from the Family of Edwin B. Sears. Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1984.

Places

Maine (United States)

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