Desk, Drop-front
- Object Name:
- Desk, Drop-front
- Object ID:
- 2009.015
- Creator:
- Burley, James (1784-1850) -- Cabinetmaker
- Place of Origin:
- Exeter, NH
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Desk, rectangular form with hinged folding-front writing box. Mahogany and mahogany veneer over pine. Slanted writing surface, hinged, two pieces, with green leather covering (replaced). Three horizontal interior drawers with brass ring pulls. Two exterior side drawers with wooden knobs. Four turned, reeded legs. Brass hardware. Printed paper label on underside of front piece of writing surface: "CABINET FURNITURE / OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, / MADE AND WARRANTED BY / JAMES BURLEY, / Exeter, N. H." Pencil inscription in bottom of center interior drawer: "Invoice No 286 / J. Burley / $20". Ink inscription on underside of rear piece of writing surface: "Mr H. S Kellam. / Elise Kellam. / Dec 15 - 1927." Several other inscriptions on underside of writing surface.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-33.5 W-30.5 D-19.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Offered for sale by Emery Goff and Bill Carhart of Farmington, ME, at the Coastal Maine Antiques Show, Damariscotta ME, August 27, 2008. Purchased by the New Hampshire Historical Society at auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, ME, May 30, 2009, Lot #123.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- People:
- Burley, James (1784-1850)
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