Desk

Date

1800–1820

Medium

Mahogany; American black cherry; mahogany veneer; light- and dark-wood inlay; vertical panels on outer edges of doors in upper case, probably satinwood; framing elements on edges of each door, fronts of interior drawers, front edges of interior partitions, pigeonhole valances, top, some of cockbeading on drawers in lowercase, American black cherry; eastern white pine

Dimensions

48.8 x 40 x 19.5 in. (123.9 x 101.5 x 49.5 cm)

Form

Desk

Origin

Massachusetts

Museum

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession

1954.37.24

Credit line

Bequest of Charles Stetson, B.A. 1900