Desk and Bookcase

J. and J. W. Meeks

Maker

J. and J. W. Meeks

Date

ca. 1836–1850

Medium

American black walnut, walnut veneer; inside of bookcase, much of desk interior, satinwood (Cholroxlyon spp.), probably C. swietenia, Ceylon satinwood, veneer; pulls on cylinder and desk interior drawers, probably rosewood; writing surface, sliding covers of wells, mahogany; yellow poplar; eastern white pine

Dimensions

92.6 x 53.4 x 24.1 in. (235.1 x 135.6 x 61.1 cm)

Origin

New York

Museum

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession

1971.70

Credit line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection