Category

FURNITURE

Object Name

DESK, SLANT-TOP

Maker/Artist

Adams, John\attributed

MESDA Craftsman ID Number

55076

Place Made

Guilford County, North Carolina-attributed

Materials

walnut __primary ||light wood stringing __primary __around drawers with lunetted corners ||poplar __secondary ||black stain __secondary __inner and outer drawer interiors and letter compartments

Dimensions

[Overall Ht]45 3/4″. 34 3/4″ fallboard height __[Overall Wdth]46 3/4″ __[Overall Depth]21 3/8″

Description

Fallboard supported by lopers; interior has a prospect door flanked by fluted document drawers and four pigeonholes with shaped dividers over two tiers of two stacked drawers; four drawers; fluted quarter columns on front corners; molded base with ogee bracket feet.

Object Location

private collection

Photo Number

S-5803

Decoration

light wood stringing __around drawers, with lunetted corners

File Location

NCP-8-39/NCP-22-1

History

Purchased by the owner at Benbow (Quaker) sale, Oak Ridge, North Carolina, in 1975

Alterations-Condition

__ __Back foot __pulls replaced

Joinery

Inner writing surface with 1 5/8″ walnut strip at hinge, then poplar inner and outer drawer interiors (except outer bottom) stained black; the brackets for back of back feet are set in 1 5/8″ to place bracket under body rather than back; inside letter compartments stained black; feet vertical blocks set under triangular member, this on a frame (molded base) set under case.

Hardware

__prospect door, fallboard and large drawers keyed __ __keyhole escutcheons

Details

T shaped nails in back

Examined

Bradford L. Rauschenberg –Frank L. Horton __Yes __Yes __04/27/1976