Unknown Inventor/patentee circa 1875 School Desk and Seat Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
label: date made
content: ca 1875
name: label: bequest
content: Hoffman, John
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: School desk model, no patent tags or number are evident so this may be a salesman's sample. The seat folds up to back rest. Slatted horizontal wood. Slats alternate between light and dark colored wood. Metal legs, hinges and support frame. The desk portion is behind bench back rest so these would have been lined up in rows in a classroom. A shelf is underneath desk top for storage. The legs have feet and holes to mount to a platform. Pivot piece is metal as are the legs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
label: classified
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: American History Education Collection
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Patent Model School Seats and Desks
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of John R. Hoffman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0508.05
label: accession number
content: 1983.0508
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0508.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: desk, school
label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: desk model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 10 in; 23.495 cm x 15.875 cm x 25.4 cm