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Slant-top Desk

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1870-1890

GUSN

GUSN-64739

Description

Slanted, hinged top; eight pigeonholes and two drawers inside; two drawres below; straight legs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

slant-front desks
desks
cotton (textile)
walnut (wood)
walnut (wood)
Walnut
Cotton
Desk, Slant-top

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

40 x 30 x 30.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.1043

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