Desk and Bookcase
Unknown Maker (probably New Hampshire), American, 19th century
about 1812
Mahogany veneer; lightwood inlay on white pine
Overall: 57 3/4 × 39 × 17 5/8 in. (146.7 × 99.1 × 44.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Lent by Hanover Inn
F.980.65
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furniture: Storage
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, in bottom drawer: "N.H. 1812"
Exhibition History
American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 10-March 1, 1981.
Publication History
Margaret J. Moody, American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: The Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1981, page 26.
Provenance
Elsa Ross, Woodstock, Vermont.
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