William Ramsay's Desk and Bookcase
date: label: date made
content: 1770s or earlier
notes: label: Description
content: This desk, known as a “secretary”, has an attached two-shelf bookcase. Made entirely out of dark wood this piece boasts myriad compartments and drawers to house the many financial records and books of its owner, William Ramsay, a merchant and shopkeeper. The desk is embellished with intricate carvings and is ornamented at its topmost point with a finial.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (hardware)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (furniture ornament)
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Edinburgh
label: place used
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
topic: label: Subject
content: Furniture
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Work
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.62.0549
label: catalog number
content: 62.0549
label: accession number
content: 220760
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Slant-Front Desk and Bookcase
label: Object Name
content: desk
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, lock: 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.6675 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, hinges, each: 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; .635 cm x 4.445 cm x 3.4925 cm