DESK
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Library
About this object
The desk is made in the Chippendale style. There are two drawers at the front, each with two pull handles. It has a tooled leather top and stands on cabriole legs with ball feet and carving at the top. On one end is a superstructure with several drawers and a gallery on top. This forms pigeon holes and drawers.
- Object name:
- DESK
- Made from:
- Mahogany -- leather -- brass
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 73.7 x 122.6 x 75.6 cm (29 x 48 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 33.44
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973