Name/Title
Desk, Drop-FrontEntry/Object ID
1965.A038.001Description
Light brown stained (maple?), drop-front desk that belonged to Governor Samuel Huntington.
Broken pediment top, 2 bookshelves, drop-front writing surface with four drawers and 9 pigeon holes behind, 3 large drawers on bottom with oval, brass pulls with daisy centers.
Pulls may be reproduction.
Huntington lived in Painesville on Fairport-Nursery Rd. in 1807; made Governor of OH in 1808; died in 1817.
See information in accession file.Collection
FurnitureMade/Created
Date made
1805 - 1817Notes
Date: 1805-1817Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Desk, Drop-FrontNomenclature Primary Object Term
DeskNomenclature Sub-Class
Storage & Display FurnitureNomenclature Class
FurnitureNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsDimensions
Height
68 inWidth
35-7/8 inDepth
20 inRelationships
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2000.123.123, 2000.134.022 A,B