Unidentified
Secretary-Book Case
1789
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, mahogany veneers, satinwood, light and dark wood inlays; cedar and tulip poplar secondary woods; reverse painted glass panels; glass; replaced exterior brasses; eglomise panels; replaced baize, Overall: 104 1/2 x 51 1/4 x 21 in. (265.4 x 130.2 x 53.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Bequest of C. Edward Snyder
Object Number
1970.33
The Baltimore Museum of Art, by purchase, 1970; Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1970; sold at public auction, Alex Cooper & Sons, 17 March 1970; sold at public auction, Galton Orsburn Co., Inc., 28-29 September 1942; Edyth Johns Cotten, Cylburn, Baltimore, Maryland.
Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880: From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1987, p.111-112, ill. 80.
Inscribed: Upper left drawer of desk marked in pencil 'LVW' and 'N2.' The other large desk drawers are marked N2, N3, N4.
Maker
Unidentified
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 08
