Chautauqua Combination Drawing Board and Writing Desk
Chautauqua Combination Drawing Board and Writing Desk
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- art desk
- Object Type
- educational toys
- date made
- 1895
- Physical Description
- hinged (lid connector/connecting technique)
- black (lid color)
- painted (lid production method/technique)
- wood; oak (overall material)
- paper (scroll material)
- metal (swivel mechanism material)
- Measurements
- closed: 61.5 cm x 56.25 cm x 7 cm; 24 7/32 in x 22 5/32 in x 2 3/4 in
- open: 47.5 cm x 56.25 cm x 7 in; 18 11/16 in x 22 5/32 in x 17.78 cm
- ID Number
- 2014.0244.370
- accession number
- 2014.0244
- catalog number
- 2014.0244.370
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
- subject
- Education
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Education
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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