Secretary

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Secretary

Entry/Object ID

1996.24

Description

Colonial Revival secretary in the Queen Anne style; broken scroll bonnet with mold returns. Six turned finials. Paneled doors. Fold down desk with pull-out supports underneath. Four long drawers, brass hardward, bracket feet. Object is Chippendale reproduction. Aluminum plate on right back side, "GSB 1725, DO NOT REMOVE"

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

USA

Dimensions

Height

94 in

Width

40 in

Depth

20 in

Material

Walnut

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Cornstock, Helen ed. The Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques, 1958 Fairbanks, Johnathan L. American Furniture, 1620 to the Present, 1981 Horner, W.M. Jr. Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture: William Penn to George Washington, 1935 Lockwood, Luke V. Colonial Furniture in America, vols 1-3, 1913 Nutting, Wallace. Furniture Treasury vols 1-3, 1928. See Also: Beehive Advertisers Index - Savings Fund Society of Germantown Photo File - GSFG photoscrapbook 2(2):63 photobox c, envelope 3

Provenance

Notes

Used in the Germantown Savings Bank, on the corner of Germantown and School House Lane. Donated "for use" with other furniture. Object was donated 6/1995.