Filing cabinet

Name/Title

Filing cabinet

Entry/Object ID

MP.93.619

Description

Two main columnar, four drawer cabinets attached interiorly w/wing nuts; olive drab; rectangular overall; lock/keyhole on front/top of each cabinet; each drawer has a brass handle and a release knob; each drawer has a brass label holder w/a paper label inside. Entire unit sits on six-legged base attached to cabinets w/wing nuts; small tabs of masking tap on top drawer of each cabinet, with letters "D" and "E" handwritten on them. Left cabinet: labels from top to bottom - all four say "Delafield" handwritten incursive. Top two drawers contain uncatalogued items. Right cabinet: labels reading from top to bottom (handwritten incursive) - "Delafield, Delafield cont., Delafield continued". Bottom drawer label (typewritten) - "Delafield Mansion Corp., I. John Ross Delafield Papers : Letters and Personal Matters. II. John White Delafield Papers. Christmas Cards, 1973".

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Company

Date made

1931

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

Front top: "Yawman and Erbe Mfg. Co. Rochester Y AND E FIRE WALL NEW YORK U.S.A. REG. US PAT. OFF." Front bottom: "Steel Office Furniture Institute FILE GRADE A SERIAL No. 371."

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

110 in

Width

38 in

Depth

25 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 110 x 38 x 25 in. (279.4 x 96.5 x 63.5 cm)

Material

brass, Paper, Steel

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Some scratches on top and wearing off of finish on edges.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Brigadier General John Ross Delafield, Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Company

Notes

User

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Charter Room