fbpx

Secretary

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-52597

Description

Secretary with three drawers and writing surface in lower case; Two doors and three drawers in upper case; reeded legs; pilaster and "panel" inlays.

Details

Descriptive Terms

secretaries (furniture)
desks
mahogany (wood)
birch (wood)
maple (wood)
inlay (process)
pine (wood)
chestnut (wood)
Federal
Secretary

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

40.675 x 40.5 x 20.375 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of George Noyes Whipple

Accession Number

1941.1279

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].