Collection Highlights
Study for "Carmen Jones"
1944
2001.104
Watercolor and graphite on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Slant Front Desk
Object name
Slant Front Desk
Date
1760-1765
Medium
Mahogany
Dimensions
Overall: 41 1/2 x 39 x 23 1/2 in. ( 105.4 x 99.1 x 59.7 cm )
Description
Mahogany Chippendale slant-top desk; hinged slant top opens to rest on two lopers; interior consists of central shell-carved prospect door flanked by two banks of three pigeonholes with arched valences over one drawer, flanked in turn with a larger pigeonhole with a serpentine valence over a drawer with a concave facade; on desk surface is a sliding till lid that opens into top drawer; case contains four graduated drawers with brass bail handles, top drawer has two wooden bolts accessible through till; base molding and ogee-bracket feet.
Credit Line
Gift of Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number
1956.129
Gallery Label
This desk is attributed to Job Townsend based on the similarity of the wooden bolt lock in the top drawer to a bolt in a labeled Job Townsend desk and bookcase (see publications).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
