Designs for Writing Desks
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1805
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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.
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: 1911-28-478
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 black ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 39.5 x 21.5 cm (15 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)