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 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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