Desk, Slant-Top
- Object Name:
- Desk, Slant-Top
- Object ID:
- 1970.014.08
- Creator:
- Kimball, John (1739-1817)
Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1769
- Description:
- Desk. Slant-front; from the c.1769 Concord, N.H. home of Hon. John G. Bradley, possibly made by his brother-in-law, cabinetmaker John Kimball of Concord, NH. Sloped lid constructed with transverse end cleats and supported on slides when open. Four markedly graduated drawers with molded edges. Each drawer has two brass handles with pierced plates of elaborate outline and bails with bulbous centers. Escutcheon on each drawer matching handle plates in design. Brass knob on molded front of each slide. Base having ogee molded upper edge and bottom cut to form four straight bracket feet. Escutcheon on lid matching those on drawers. Desk interior has five small drawers surmounted by a series of pigeonholes with arched heads. Two small pigeonholes above central drawer and above each outer drawer; one large pigeonhole above each other drawer. Brass knobs on interior drawers. Full bottom board. Drawer sides have molded upper edges. Hand-forged nails used in drawer bottoms. On interior drawers, dovetails at backs of drawer sides extend beyond back of drawer. Steel lock on each of three upper drawers; escutcheon on bottom drawer "blind." Steel lock and catch plate securing lid. Incised "A" on one drawer end. "M H" incised on front of case near left slide. Typed label inside an interior drawer: "From the house built by John Bradley in 1769 in / Concord N.H. / To go to the New Hampshire Historical Society." Evidence of former dark stain. Dark wood inset on lid near left hinge. Interior of drawers varnished. Piece broken from foot preserved in drawer.
- Material:
- Wood
Maple
Pine
Brass
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-41.75 W-36.75 D-20.5 inches
- Provenance:
- This desk is from the Bradley House (built c. 1769), Concord, NH, the legator's ancestral home, and may have been part of its original furnishings. John Kimball, cabinetmaker in Concord, NH, was a brother-in-law of Hon. John G. Bradley.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Margaret H. Jewell
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