Secretary

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Secretary

Entry/Object ID

1984.136

Description

Federal inlaid walnut desk-and-bookcase in two parts. The upper with an arched cresting centering a plinth with an inlaid sunburst motif and 3 urn finials along the front and 2 finial backside, above a pair of double string, inlaid doors opening to a shelved interior; the case with the slant-top writing section has a fitted interior compartment small drawers and pigeon holes, a center drawer with a swag inlaid motif and a hidden compartment. 3 graduating long drawers, splayed French bracket feet.

Made/Created

Date made

1800 - 1815

Place

* Untyped Place

Chester County, PA (LSK), USA

Dimensions

Height

101 in

Width

45 in

Depth

20 in

Material

Walnut

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Family FIle and Obit File: Lightfoot Germantown Crier 14(3):74 Beehive XI (2):18 XII(3):5 Horner, W.M., Jr. Blue Book: Phila. Furniture Wm Penn to Geo. Washington, 1935 Lockwood, L.V. Colonial Furniture in America vols 1&2, 1913 Nutting, Wallace. Furniture Treasury, 1928 Furniture in EMM catalogue

Provenance

Notes

Object inherited by Mary Lightfoot of Germantown, daughter of Thomas Motgomery Lightfoot and Hannah Althaus Lightfoot.