1959.2974 Desk

Desk (Slant-front desk)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1838

  • Materials:

    Pine, yellow; Wood; Paint; Brass

  • Museum Object Number:

    1959.2974


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1959.2974

Object Name

Desk (Slant-front desk)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Creation place is the Mahantongo Valley, sometimes defined more precisely as the Schwaben Creek Valley, in Northumberland and Schuylkill Counties.

Date

1838

Materials

Pine, yellow; Wood; Paint; Brass

Dimensions (inches)

52.5 (H) , 42.75 (W) , 22 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

133.35 (H) , 108.585 (W) , 55.88 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW is at the top. OD is from the top to the lid.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
For more info. and related examples, see pp. 130-34.
[Book] Weiser, Frederick S. & Sullivan, Mary Hammond. 1980 Decorated Furniture of the Schwaben Creek Valley. 333-394.

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
For more info. and related examples, see pp. 94-98.
[Book] Reed, Henry M. 1987 Decorated Furniture of the Mahantongo Valley.
Published: fig. 27, p. 42.
[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 2011 From Millbach to Mahantongo: Fraktur and Furniture of the Pennsylvania Germans. American Furniture. 2-119.
For more info. and related objects, see pp. 94-97.