Secretary

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Secretary

Entry/Object ID

GHS 2005

Description

Queen Anne walnut desk-and-bookcase. Broken scroll pediment with petal rosettes. Urn-shaped finials. Tombstone arch paneled doors and two pull-out candle stands. Four drawers in lower section with brass lug handles. Fall front desk with four double arched pigeonholes with four drawers in sets of two below. Surround central door which opens to expose three drawers.

Made/Created

Date made

1740 - 1750

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Dimensions

Height

97-1/4 in

Width

42 in

Depth

23 in

Material

Walnut

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Horner, W.M., Jr. Blue Book: Philadelphia Furniture: Wm Penn to Geo. Washington 1935. Lockwood, L.V. Colonial Furniture in America vol 1&2, 1913. Nutting, Wallace, Furniture Treasury, 1928 Furniture in EMM catalogue; Beehive Index Germantown Crier: Sum 1961 13(3):15; Win 1960 12(4):11; Fall 1984 36 (4): 90.

Provenance

Notes

Donated by the Foulke and Long Institute. October 19, 1960. GHS True Accession Book, "Secretary Desk - Chippendale, bonnet top, walnut" See Foulke and Long Valuation and Inventory listing - curator's office.