1964.1518 Desk
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Desk (Fall-front desk)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Jacob Maser (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1834

  • Materials:

    Tulip poplar; Paint; Brass

  • Museum Object Number:

    1964.1518


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1964.1518

Object Name

Desk (Fall-front desk)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Jacob Maser (Maker)
1812-1895

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

1834

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Front of desk at top center; "JACOB 1834 MASER"

Materials

Tulip poplar; Paint; Brass

Dimensions (inches)

49.25 (H) , 39.125 (W) , 19 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

125.095 (H) , 99.377 (W) , 48.26 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at top, OD at side.

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
Published: fig. 78, pp. 130-34.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
Published on p.70, fig. 77; p.108, cat. no. 27.
[Catalogue] Garvan, Beatrice B. & Hummel, Charles F. 1982 The Pennsylvania Germans: a celebration of their arts, 1683-1850. An exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Published: no. 97, plate 36, pages 65 and 179.
[Book] Lipman, Jean & Winchester, Alice. 1974 The Flowering of American Folk Art, 1776-1876. 288 p.
Published: no. 302, p. 227.
[Book] Lipman, Jean, et al. 1990 Five Star Folk Art: One Hundred American Masterpieces.
Published: no. 84, p. 139.
[Book] Richman, Irwin. 2001 Pennsylvania German Arts: More than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips.
Published: p. 78.
[Other] Winterthur & Workman Publishing Company. 1992 American Folk Art Calendar (Winterthur).
Published: 1992
[Book] Lasansky, Jeannette. 1990 A Good Start: The Aussteier or Dowry.
Published: p. 76.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
Published: figa. 2.55 and 2.56, pp. 95 and 248; also back cover.
[Article] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. 2011 Paint, Pattern, and People. Antiques. 160-169.
Published: p. 169
[Book] Reed, Henry M. 1987 Decorated Furniture of the Mahantongo Valley.
Published: pl. 9, p. 28.
[Book] Weiser, Frederick S. & Sullivan, Mary Hammond. 1980 Decorated Furniture of the Schwaben Creek Valley. 333-394.

[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.
[Journal] The Magazine Antiques.
Published: p. 426 (December 1926 issue).
[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
Published: p. 129.
[Book] Falk, Cynthia Gayle & Minardi, Lisa. 2014 A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America.