office desk

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

office desk

Entry/Object ID

1971.J.198

Description

Desk - Wooden with brass bound bases to the eight feet also metal lock to center drawer. Desk is symetrical with shallow drawer in center and on either side an arrangement of a pull-out wooden leaf with a shallow drawer beneath it. On the right hand side there are two similar drawers, one beneath the other. On the left hand side there is one deep drawer made with the appearance of a third drawer - ie. the drawer front has two handles and a recessed wooden strip so that it appears to have three small drawers similar to the right hand side. Each of the two sets of drawers (which are joined by the top surface and the central drawer) has four wooden feet which are brass bound approx. 2.5 cm up their height. Horizontal wooden pull handles on drawers.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

John, May & Joseph

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Jan-71 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Desk

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

office desk

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 16, 2022

Updated By

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Update Date

July 19, 2025