Portable Writing Desk

Date

1790–1815

Medium

Mahogany and mahogany veneer; a light inlay; writing surface panels, cherry; drawer sides, bottom, and back, desk bottom, other interior elements, eastern white pine

Dimensions

6.5 x 21 x 11 in. (16.5 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm)

Origin

New England

Museum

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession

1940.54

Credit line

Gift of Henry Robinson Buck, Ph.B. 1896