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Portable desk
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Portable desk

1840s · Papier-mâché, mother-of-pearl, wood

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Stand (a), the top inlaid with mother-of-pearl and black checkboard, decorated with gold 'S' curve supports with stretcher on bases with wheels, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and decorated with gold.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Subjects
FurniturePortable deskDecorative arts
Credit linePortable desk. 1840s. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Mrs. Rogers Denckla. CC0.
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