Secretary with mirrored doors made by Thomas Day
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1850
name: label: Created by
content: Thomas Day, American, 1801 - 1861
notes: label: Description
content: A secretary with mirrored doors made by Thomas Day. The secretary has an upper case (2018.64a) and a lower case (2018.64b). The upper case has a decorative finial with serpentine curves. The upper case has two large, mirrored doors with intricate, wood cutouts at the top of the doors. The lower case has two large drawers. Each drawer has two wood drawer pulls. The drawer pulls are inlaid with lighter and darker colored woods that create a star pattern. A keyhole is at the top center of each drawer. An intricate relief carving surrounds each keyhole and extends almost to the drawer pulls of each drawer. The secretary is made of pine and poplar with a mahogany veneer. The bureau is of mortice and tenon construction. A metal key (2018.64c) is included.
place: label: Place made
content: North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Furniture design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.64abc
objectType: label: Type
content: secretaries (furniture)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pine, poplar and mahogany woods with glass and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (complete): 88 1/2 × 39 × 21 in. (224.8 × 99.1 × 53.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2018.64a): 56 5/16 × 40 15/16 × 14 3/16 in. (143 × 104 × 36 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2018.64b): 31 15/16 × 38 9/16 × 21 1/16 in. (81.2 × 98 × 53.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2018.64c): 1 15/16 × 9/16 × 3/16 in. (5 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm)