COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1985.517
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AIC_.1985.517
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1999
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1999
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston
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North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Desk-and-bookcase.
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Desk-and-bookcase.
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
3/4 open view
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3/4 open view
View
false
Creation Date:
1700/35
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1700/35
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1700
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1700
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1735
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1735
Creation End Date
false
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
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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
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Furniture
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Furniture
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
90 x 41 24 1/8 in. (228.6 x 104.1 x 61.3 cm)
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90 x 41 24 1/8 in. (228.6 x 104.1 x 61.3 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1985.517
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1985.517
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Hutchinson Fund.
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Hutchinson Fund.
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E09195.TIF
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AIC_.E09195.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false