Fall-Front Desk on Frame, 1745-1785
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Furniture fashions of this era combined utility, comfort and grace with great success. This simple Queen Anne fall-front desk symbolized the gentility of its owner through its elegant proportions. Likely used in a parlor or a bedroom, the desk may have been used by a man or a woman to compose correspondence or book keeping.
Furniture fashions of this era combined utility, comfort and grace with great success. This simple Queen Anne fall-front desk symbolized the gentility of its owner through its elegant proportions. Likely used in a parlor or a bedroom, the desk may have been used by a man or a woman to compose correspondence or book keeping.
Artifact
Fall-front desk
Date Made
1745-1785
Creators
Unknown
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made in Connecticut-Rhode Island border region (western Rhode Island or Eastern Connecticut)
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On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Fully Furnished
Object ID
30.157.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Maple (Wood)
Chestnut (Wood)
Pine (Wood)
Brass (Alloy)
Dimensions
Height: 40 in
Width: 17 in
Length: 31.5 in