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Culture:American
Title:desk box
Date Made:1800-1820
Type:Furniture
Materials:wood: mahogany, yellow-poplar, base metal: brass; textile: felt
Place Made:United States
Measurements:Overall: 8 in x 20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in; 20.3 cm x 53 cm x 26.4 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.0523
Credit Line:Transfer from the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, bequest of C. Alice Baker
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Folding desk box with brass carrying handles, felt-covered writing surface, and several compartments. It purportedly belonged to Dr. Matthew Bridge Baker (d.1839) of Charlestown and Springfield, Massachusetts, father of Miss C. Alice Baker (1833-1909). The box is listed in the Emma Lewis Coleman (1853-1942) inventory of 1963, p. 86, S. Bedrm, #10. The bottom of the box and the inside writing surface are yellow-poplar, and the veneer is mahogany.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Brass; Mahogany

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