Drop Front Desk
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1875
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Kimbel & Cabus, New York, New York, USA, active 1863–1882
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Upright rectangular form of solid oak construction; surface covered with carved and incised decoration of naturalistic and stylized floral and vegetal motifs, and geometric patterns in neo-gothic style; upper section composed of drop front writing surface that opens to reveal drawers and pigeon hole compartments; lower section is a two door cupboard surmounted by narrow drawer; another narrow drawer with open shelf above forms top of desk, a highly carved figure of an owl on each side at front. Drop front, cupboard doors, and drawers fitted with patinated, elaborately cast ornamental strap hinges, lock plates, and pulls, probably nickel-plated bronze.
place: label: made in
content: New York, New York, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Walter Scholz Memorial Funds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1997-42-1-a/e
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: desk
label: Type
content: desk
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oak, nickel-plated metal (probably bronze)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (approximate): 165.1 x 81.3 x 47 cm (5 ft. 5 in. x 32 in. x 18 1/2 in.)