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7 X 9-3/8 in. (image) 8-1/4 X 10-1/2 in. (sheet)
Accession NumberDirector's Discretionary Fund
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color PaletteSheraton wrote about this desk's manufacture and the complicated mechanism of the cylinder, shown in detail at the right. He also described its finished appearance: It is "somewhat elegant, being made of satin-wood, cross-banded, and varnished. This design shews green silk fluting behind the glass, and drapery put on at the top before the fluting is tacked to, which has a good look when properly managed. The square figure of the door is much in fashion now. The ornament in the diamond part is meant to be carved and gilt, laid on to some sort of silk ground. The rim round the top is intended to be brass; it may, however, be done in wood." — ("Eighteenth-Century Furniture Design," May 23, 2009—February 21, 2010, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Conant Galleries)
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