Unidentified
Lady’s Writing Desk
1799
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood inlay; tulip poplar and red cedar secondary woods; paint, glass, brass, 50 15/16 x 30 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (129.4 x 78.1 x 47.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maria Groome Tracy, Jamesville, New York
Object Number
2000.378
The upper section is decorated with four painted oval panels of dark glass, two contain figures of Temperance and Justice. Panel in drop door of center compartment shows Diana and Endymion in design taken directly from Sheraton's 'Design Book'. Interior of this compartment is decorated with an oak leaf and acorn medallion. Inlaid flower motif of light wood in stiles. Cross stretcher with center urn.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2000; Miss Maria Groome Tracy, Fayetteville, New York; Miss Ethel Knight (great-niece of below) by descent; Martha Ringgold Rose (daughter of below) by descent; Samuel Ringgold (1770-1845) of Pleasant Hill, MD
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Baltimore Furniture 1760-1810", Baltimore, MD, February 21, 1947-April 6, 1947
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New on View", June 19-October 6, 2002
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New on View", June 19-October 6, 2002
J. Abbot, In the Spotlight, 'BMA Today,' July/August 2001, p. 8
Miller, Edgar G., Jr., American Antique Furniture, a Book for Amateurs. Baltimore: The Lord Baltimore Press, 1937. repro. p. 453
Baltimore Museum of Art. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Benskin, Elizabeth, and Suzy Wolffe. Teacher's Guide to the American Collection. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, pages 31 and 38.
Maker
Unidentified
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