Bookcase Section of a Desk and Bookcase
- Date
- c. 1780
- Medium
- mahogany and pine, brass hardware, gilding
- Dimensions
- Overall: 241.9 x 106 x 56.5 cm (95 1/4 x 41 3/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
- Form
- Case Piece
- Origin
- America
- Culture
- America, Massachusetts, Boston or vicinity
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession
- 1990.96.b
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Lawrence Hitchcock
This bookcase is the upper section of a desk and bookcase. A desk and bookcase in the 1700s, often equipped with several locks and keys as in this example, served as a self-contained office for the gentleman of the household.