Object Number 1961.0278

Object Name

Desk (Slant-front desk)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Giles Whiting

Creator (Role)

Hugh Alexander (Cabinetmaker)
1724-1777

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin is the Nottingham area of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Date

1745-1760

Materials

Walnut; Holly; Sumac; Cedar, red; Chestnut; Tulip poplar; Brass

Dimensions (inches)

45.25 (H) , 39.325 (W) , 22.125 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

114.9 (H) , 99.89 (W) , 56.2 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD at mid-molding.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Landrey, Greg J. 1996 "Furniture with a Secret: Hidden Compartments Designed to Deceive". American Woodworker. (April)
• Published: pp. 48-49
[Article] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 1989 "The line-and-berry inlaid furniture of eighteenth-century Chester County, Pennsylvania". Antiques and Fine Art. (May)
• Published: pp. 1208-1209, pls. 10-10a.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: figs. 2.20 and 2.21, pp. 73 and 244. See also pp. 70-2 for more info.
[Thesis] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 1988 Line-and-Berry Inlaid Furniture: A Regional Craft Tradition in Pennsylvania, 1682-1790. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
• Published: p. 17, fig. 4.
[Article] Cooper, Wendy A. & Anderson, Mark. 2011 The Nottingham School of Furniture. American Furniture. 120-163.
• Published: p. 124, fig. 4.