Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Writing desk
Object name
Writing desk
Date
1865-1880
Medium
Mahogany; oak, mahogany, fruitwood; textile
Dimensions
Overall: 41 1/2 x 42 x 21 5/8 in. ( 105.4 x 106.7 x 54.9 cm )
Description
Mahogany writing desk with incised and gilded decoration; case with green linen-lined writing surface (probably not original) and two side-by-side drawers with brass ring pulls; raised on tapering squared legs joined by side, rear, and medial stretchers, with rear and medial stretchers joined by shaped horizontal panel; with separate unit containing two center drawers flanked by quarter-round side drawers below lift-top with curving profile designed to rest on rear desktop.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Marie A. Vach
Object Number
1936.504ab
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, the donor acquired this writing desk from Judge Herman Bolte.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
