Design for Mechanical Furniture: Secretary Desk
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1805
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a secretary desk with a fall-front on hinges, and cabinets above and below. Elevation at left with desk open, revealing the inner compartments. At lower left, detail of construction, section through top. At right, side elevation, showing construction details.
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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-494
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.2 x 27.2 cm (11 1/8 x 10 11/16 in.)