Writing desk with bookcase hutch from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A writing desk with bookcase hutch from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The narrow desk and bookcase hutch are constructed with medium tones of reddish-brown wood. The desk is rectangular in shape with straight, elongated sides. The desk has a slightly darker brown wooden drawer with two, molded, clear plastic drawer pulls. The drawer front is embellished with a repeating carved rose pattern. Below the drawer is a carved band with a repeating foliate pattern that is also carved vertically along the front side edges. Under the drawer tabletop is a cubby with a flat base. Beneath the cubby are short, squared legs that terminate in small, metal, wheel casters. The front two legs are concealed behind two wedge shaped pieces of wood. The bookcase hutch is stacked over the back of the desk’s tabletop. It is primarily constructed from medium tone wood and features two open shelves, a mirror back, and a carved wooden crown. The crown has a carved, sun palm leaf at the center that is framed with vines. The crown is topped with seven, round, wooden beads. On either side of the crown, extending along the left and right sides, are short, carved guardrails. The back of the desk and top edge of the bookcase hutch are plain, stained wood. The back of the hutch is a silvered, rectangular mirror back held in place with three wooden tabs along the bottom edge. The hutch is attached to the desk with two L-brackets at the front and back.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.16
objectType: label: Type
content: bookcases
label: Type
content: writing desks
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: varnish on wood with reflective glass, metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 65 × 26 × 12 1/2 in. (165.1 × 66 × 31.8 cm)