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Writing Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1845-1865

GUSN

GUSN-70307

Description

Rectangular top, round crnrs; 1 drawer, beaded edge; tressle legs; shpd stret

Details

Descriptive Terms

writing tables
tables (support furniture)
black walnut (wood)
cedar (wood)
mahogany (wood)
tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)
veneering
Jacobean
Walnut
Mahogany
Tulip Poplar
Cedar
Veneered
Jacobean
TABLE, WRITING

Associated Person

Codman, Ogden, 1839-1904

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Hixon, Edward (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

27.875 x 34.75 x 21.625 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2218

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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