Desk

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Desk

Entry/Object ID

GHS 2616

Description

Colonial Revival slant-front desk in Chippendale style. Five interior drawers with two vertical compartments. Brass escutcheons with acanthus leaves. Shell and acanthus carved slant. Three lower drawers with brass pulls with acanthus leabes. One drawer is full-width, two are one-quarter width. Carved acanthus knees with ball and claw foot. Gadrooning at lower edges of case. One board framed back.

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

USA (?)

Dimensions

Height

40-1/4 in

Width

33-1/4 in

Depth

21 in

Material

Mahogany, pine (secondary wood)

Provenance

Notes

Donated by the Florence K. Baker Estate, September 1977. GHS True Accession Book, "Chippendale Style Desk"