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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: North American; American Creator Dates/Places: North and Central America,North America,United Sta Creator Active Place: North and Central America,North America,United Sta Creator Name-CRT: North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston Title: Desk-and-bookcase. Title Type: preferred View: 3/4 open view Creation Start Date: 1700 Creation End Date: 1735 Creation Date: 1700/35 Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Classification Term: Furniture Materials and Techniques: Walnut with white pine; Four round feet (left front and right front are original) left rear and right rear are old replacements; with cyma reverse turning at top; cyma reverse base molding at front and each side; two drawers the width of the case below one tier of drawers, each half the width of the case, surmounted by a false drawer immediately below lid (each drawer including false drawer, fitted with central escutcheon and at each side an escutcheon with a bail handle; one escutcheon with bail handle on each half drawer); double astragal molding frames each drawer and edge of lid section; hinged lid with molding for bookrest (replaced) at center bottom and supported by one slide (rectangular in section) at each side; desk interior of a sliding cover for a central well, at each side one compartment above a drawer with a concave front, and recessed at center six compartments surmounting three drawers each with two concave elements (each drawer extends the width of two compartments)' cyma shaped bracketsat top of each central compartment at each side; bookcase: two hinged doors, each with an arched top, a panel with a beveled edge and arched top, and framed by a large and a small astragal molding conforming to the panel shape; cornice consists of an arch at each side and two on facade (one above each door) defined by a series of moldings; two-part domed top conforms to facade arches; spaced over facade, three removable original urn-shaped finials surmounted by spiral-turned cone; slide for candlestick centered beneath each door at base; interior of two shelves with double astragal molding at edge and surmounted by eight equally-spaced compartments with shaped bracket at top; hollow space behind each arch of top Dimensions: 90 x 41 24 1/8 in. (228.6 x 104.1 x 61.3 cm) AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1985.517 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Hutchinson Fund. Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html AMICA ID: AIC_.1985.517 AMICA Library Year: 1999 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999 AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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