Unknown inventor/patentee 1860-1915 of School Desk and Seat Model
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
label: date made
content: 1860-1915
name: label: bequest
content: Hoffman, John
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: School desk model but this desk does not have a patent number or patent tags so it may be a salesman's sample. The three desks are lined up front to back giving an indication as to what a free standing front desk and a free standing back seat will look like and why it is necessary to order one of each of these per classroom row. Two have chairs attached to the front and the last has a separate chair. There is an enclosed shelf under each desktop. The legs of desks and chair and supports for chairback are metal and all are screwed to a mahogany wood base. The middle desk and chair is missing one screw on one support on the same side.
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
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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: 1983.0508.06
label: accession number
content: 1983.0508
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0508.06
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: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: non ferrous metal (bronze) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 2 in; 8.255 cm x 23.8125 cm x 5.08 cm