1964.0964 Desk

Desk (Slant-front desk)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Place of Origin:

    Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1750-1775

  • Materials:

    Walnut; Holly; Tulip poplar; Pine

  • Museum Object Number:

    1964.0964


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1964.0964

Object Name

Desk (Slant-front desk)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin probably Chester County.

Date

1750-1775

Materials

Walnut; Holly; Tulip poplar; Pine

Dimensions (inches)

45.125 (H) , 41.5 (W) , 22.75 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

114.618 (H) , 105.41 (W) , 57.785 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at top, OD at top of drawers.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Schiffer, Margaret B. 1966 Furniture and its Makers of Chester County.

[Article] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 1989 "The line-and-berry inlaid furniture of eighteenth-century Chester County, Pennsylvania". Antiques and Fine Art. (May)

[Thesis] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 1988 Line-and-Berry Inlaid Furniture: A Regional Craft Tradition in Pennsylvania, 1682-1790. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania