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- School Desks, circa 1900 - The importance that nineteenth-century Americans put on the technology of education is indicated by the hundreds of patents on school furniture between 1860 and 1900. Desks designed to be in rows facing the teacher reveal the teacher-centered classrooms of the era. These cast iron and wood school desks and benches were manufactured in Buffalo, New York, in about 1900.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
School Desks, circa 1900
The importance that nineteenth-century Americans put on the technology of education is indicated by the hundreds of patents on school furniture between 1860 and 1900. Desks designed to be in rows facing the teacher reveal the teacher-centered classrooms of the era. These cast iron and wood school desks and benches were manufactured in Buffalo, New York, in about 1900.
- "Famous Pies" Pie Plate -
- Collections - Artifact
"Famous Pies" Pie Plate
- Doll Desk -
- Collections - Artifact
Doll Desk
- Desk Lamp -
- 1905-1930
- Collections - Artifact
Desk Lamp
- Desk Lamp Model - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Collections - Artifact
Desk Lamp Model
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Princeton Desk Clock, 1996 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 1996
- Collections - Artifact
Princeton Desk Clock, 1996
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Lux: Famous Beauty Bar, 1965-1974 -
- 1965-1974
- Collections - Artifact
Lux: Famous Beauty Bar, 1965-1974
- Desk, 1840-1880 - This desk was typical of the kind used in American public buildings in the middle of the 19th century. It might have been used by ticket agents in a railroad station like the rural Smiths Creek, Michigan, depot now in Greenfield Village. The desk resides in the clerk's office where staff likely counted out cash and receipts and performed other important tasks.
- 1840-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Desk, 1840-1880
This desk was typical of the kind used in American public buildings in the middle of the 19th century. It might have been used by ticket agents in a railroad station like the rural Smiths Creek, Michigan, depot now in Greenfield Village. The desk resides in the clerk's office where staff likely counted out cash and receipts and performed other important tasks.
- Desk, 1947-1957 -
- 1947-1957
- Collections - Artifact
Desk, 1947-1957
- Famous Glamour Veil Hat, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Famous Glamour Veil Hat, 1960-1965