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1790-1815
GUSN-72714
Slant-top desk. Mahogany primary, white pine secondary. Serpentine facade with four drawers. Interior of slant-top desk contains eight pigeon holes and six drawers. Piece rests on ball and claw feet.
slant-front desks
desks
brass (alloy)
mahogany (wood)
pine (wood)
Chippendale
Desk, Slant-top
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
44 1/3 x 44 1/3 x 34 1/3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.2832
Massachusetts (United States)
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