Filing cabinet

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Filing cabinet

Entry/Object ID

MP.93.622

Description

Olive green steel filing cabinet set on stands w/brass handles; lock; card displays and catch knobs. Set is made up of two main columnar four drawer cabinets attached interiorly, side-by-side, with wing nuts. The two cabinets rest on six legs also attached by wing nuts at left, middle and right, in front and rear. Card displays (for labels), drawer handles; drawer catch knobs and knob affixing interior filing rod are all affixed brass. Card display is rectangular and each drawer, except bottom right, is labelled w/a white index card on which is handwritten "Livingston", in same hand throughout. Bottom right drawer is unlabelled. Affixed to each columnar cabinet is a piece of masking tape, on upper right corner, next to lock, with the hand-penned letters "H" (for left cabinet) and "I" (for right cabinet). Inside of drawers is a thin rod that runs from front deep into drawer to which a sliding steel plate is attached, this mechanism is used to keep files enclosed in an orderly fashion. Inside top right drawer is a blue filing divider and a typewritten piece of paper, remnants of files. End panels in same olive drab steel protect outer sides (flanks) of cabinet set.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Company

Date made

circa 1931

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

At top middle of face of each columnar component: "YAWMAN AND ERBE MFG. CO./ROCHESTER/NEW YORK, U.S.A./Y AND E FIREWALL/REG. U.S. PAT. OFF."

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

54-3/4 in

Width

38 in

Depth

49 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 54 3/4 x 38 x 49 in. (139.1 x 96.5 x 124.5 cm)

Material

Paper, Steel, brass

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Display cards are yellowed, filing cabinets dirty and metal decay (very slight) can be seen wearing at edges and interior of drawers.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Brigadier General John Ross Delafield, Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Company

Notes

User

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Copies of letter documenting correspondence between John Ross Delafield and manufacturer, dated Sept. 11, 1931 is attached to cataloguing forms.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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