Designs for Writing Desks
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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Above, two tiers of cupboards, the upper one revealing, in half-section, a series of small drawers. The cupboard sections are surmounted by a long drawer, shown open, displaying fittings for writing purposes. Below, a railing cresting over double doors, each with four glass compartments, flanked by pilasters. Center with fixed desk sections enclosed by a curved lid, seen in half-section; base on legs with two long drawers. Scale below.
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- ca. 1805
- Accession Number
- 1911-28-478
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- furniture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.5 x 21.5 cm (15 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
- made in
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1911-28-478
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4950ef7a9-fedc-443b-b88d-9fae3b7c4deb
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