Desk
- Published/Created:
- New York, United States
ca. 1790 - Physical Description:
- Height: 42 in.; Width: 39 1/4 in.; Depth: 21 1/2 in.; Depth, writing level: 30 3/4 in.
- Materials:
- Mahogany; brass
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Hepplewhite mahogany butler's desk with fan-inlaid corners, original brasses, excellent quality, color and condition; one of few examples of this small, desirable size.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 1, p. 68, pl. 217. - Variant Titles:
- Hepplewhite mahogany butler's desk
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament -- Hepplewhite style
Furniture -- United States - Period/Style:
- Federal
Hepplewhite - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 0354
- Genre:
- bureaus (chests of drawers) (AAT)
butlers' desks (AAT) - Format:
- Image
Physical Object - Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Title:
- Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
- Source Created:
- New York, New York, United States
1957–1990 - Source Note:
- Sack, May 1959
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Folder:
- Folder 10718 cab4dr1 tif
- Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10986879
- PID:
- digcoll:846928
