Frame and panel slant top desk with four drawers, Canterbury, NH

ca. 1860-1870

Object ID:

1950.3545.1

Community:

New Hampshire, Canterbury

Description

Frame and panel slant-top desk with corner posts of cherry with turned feet with bird's-eye maple above, butternut panels and drawers fronts, and walnut cock-beads around insides of frames. Drawers have face-turned butternut knobs while interior doors have porcelain pulls with brass latches. The frame and panel slant-top is all butternut. The top is hinged with iron butts. Secondary wood is white pine and top is cherry. The four interior drawers have sides and bottoms of basswood and pine backs.

New Hampshire Canterbury

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