Ein façonirter Schreib-Tisch,… (Writing Desk and Chair)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1720
name: label: Designer
content: Johann Jakob Schübler, German, 1689–1741
label: Publisher
content: Jeremias Wolff, German, 1663–1724
label: Engraver
content: Johann Balthasar Probst, 1673–1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An elaborate writing desk is featured in a draped corner of a room with a bookshelf on the left and a window at right. Ornamented with globes at left and right, the desk features four sections with multiple drawers at the base, as well as a central cartouche shaped drawered section above. Decorated with swags, festoons, heavy architectural mouldings and surmounted by an astrolabe, this central section holds a candle, writing materials and a book rest above a slanted writing board. An equally elaborate chair is placed in front of the desk.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-162-2
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 34 x 21.2 cm (13 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)