Furniture
William Appleton (Maker)
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1795-1804
Mahogany; Mahogany veneer; Pine, white; Ebony; Holly
1953.0057
Object Number1953.0057 |
Secretary and bookcase
Furniture
Museum purchase with funds provided by Lammot du Pont Copeland
William Appleton (Maker)
1765-1822
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1795-1804
1. ; BACK OF UPPER CASE; William Appleton,/ CABINET-MAKER...
Mahogany; Mahogany veneer; Pine, white; Ebony; Holly
97.5 (H) , 43.25 (W) , 24.375 (D)
247.65 (H) , 109.86 (W) , 61.913 (D)
OH to finial; OW and OD (secretary closed) at feet. H (to writing surface) 31.5 in (79.9 cm); W (top of lower case) 42.75 in. (108.5 cm); D (top of lower case) 24.125 in. (61.2 cm); D (secretary open) 42.675 in. (108.1 cm).
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[Book] Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 178
[Article] Bivins, John Franklin. 1997 "The Convergence and Divergence of Three Stylistic Traditions in Charleston Neoclassical Case Furniture, 1785-1800". American Furniture. 1997: 47-105.
• Published: fig. 28, pp. 81-84. Bivins uses this desk-and-bookcase to discuss the coastal furniture trade and the "Salemizing" of Charleston cabinetmaking in the 1780s and 1790s.