Slant-front Desks

Date1771

Terms

Slant-front Desks
Maple
White Pine
Yellow Pine
Mason

MarkingsOn side of one interior drawer, ink inscription: "Jacob Blodget of Mason/ Josiah". Bottom of same drawer inscribed in stain, "Jacob/ Jacob/ Blodget". On back of same drawer, inscribed in stain, "1771".

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Alexandra Sterling Cross Moffat, in memory of her father Richard Blodgett Cross

Object numberF2533

DescriptionMaple, yellow pine. Slant-lid desk, with straight bracket feet. 4 drawers, each gradually deeper from top to bottom. From label copy ("into your hands" 2010): Emigrants from Concord were among the founders of Mason, New Hampshire about 20 years before this desk was made there. Well constructed of local maple wood with an interior inscription, the desk survives essentially unaltered.

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