Museum Collections

Mahogany Federal pedestal desk used in Federal Hall; solid mahogany top screwed into rails and medial braces from below, with applied molding to edge of top; two banks of drawers flanking central drawer, each bank consists of three graduated drawers supported on four tapered columnar legs with stop-fluting and brass castors, four carved bosses on stiles above legs; false drawer fronts on opposite side; each drawer has what appear to be original brass bail handles and lock with brass keyhole; illegible chalk inscriptions on underside of top; brass bail handle and post missing.