Secretary Desk

Object/Artifact

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Secretary Desk

Entry/Object ID

2024.36.006a-i

Description

American empire style secretary desk with attached bookcase. Glass doors enclose two shelves, two drawers with one long rectangular cubby in between and nine pigeon holes underneath. Two drawers are under the glass doors with three larger drawers below those. The top drawer holds a removable "desk" platform that has green felt on one side and solid wood on the other. Drawers have round wooden knobs. Crotch mahogany veneer.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Date made

1815 - 1840

Dimensions

Height

65-1/2 in

Width

45 in

Parts

Count

9

Parts

(a) desk, (b & c) enclosed drawers, (d) top large drawer, (e) removeable desk platform, (f & g) middle drawers, (h & i) bottom drawers

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cox, Isaac, Cox Family