Desk, School
- Object Name:
- Desk, School
- Object ID:
- 2002.685
- Date:
- 1800-1840
- Description:
- School desk, with slanted lift top. Pine wood. Pegged construction, with the addition of square-head nails on bottom board. Painted pale gray-blue (most of the paint worn is off). Slant top is attached to desk top with two iron hinges; slant opens the full length of the desk, with storage compartment below. Key hole and cut out for lock on front board; lock is missing, but iron lock plate is present. Four legs, with two stretchers on long sides, and feet braces on short sides. One and a half inch lip attached to back and sides of desk top. Legs are square in cross section; stretchers are rectangular. Feet braces are 7" wide boards, that brace the front and rear legs together. Circular marks on slant top, unclear if decoration or stain. Extensive pencil marking on front board and slant top. Inscriptions on underside of slant top - in ink - "L C Hec[ker]", "Town of Hopkinton" and "Mi_tis". Inscriptions in pencil on underside of slant top - "HCL", several "W", several "S" and "MWA", and several scratch marks. Front board pencil scribble marks as well as on legs. Desk in very worn condition.
- Material:
- Wood
Pine
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-33 W-54 D-22.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Marked "Town of Hopkinton." Perhaps this desk was used in a Hopkinton, NH, schoolhouse.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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