Traveling Desk
Unknown American, American
18th century
Mahogany with brass handles
Overall: 7 × 16 1/4 × 16 3/4 in. (17.8 × 41.3 × 42.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H
F.957.166
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Furniture: Storage
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Exhibition History
Exhibition in Conjunction with American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth, Barrows Rotunda, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 16-February 9, 1981.
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