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Desk

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

8140-1870

GUSN

GUSN-72724

Description

Rectangular top, overall floral and geometric motifs; hinged slide writing surface, eight tapered legs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

desks
boulle work
inlay (process)
leather
gilt bronze
pewter (tin alloy)
rosewood (wood)
satinwood (wood)
Desk

Associated Person

Chase, Theodore, 1832-1895

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

31 5/8 x 31 7/8 x 26 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3254

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