Title: Desk and Bookcase
Object type: Desk and bookcase
Date: 1805–10
Culture: American
Artist:  John Davey 
Artist bio: active ca. 1797–1822
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Mahogany, satinwood veneer with white pine,
yellow poplar
Dimensions: 94 11/16 x 45 x 22 3/8 in. (240.5 x 114.3 x 56.8 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, Fletcher and Rogers Funds, Mrs. Russell
Sage Gift, and Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George
Coe Graves, by exchange, 1962
Geography: Made in Philadelphia Pennsylvania  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY