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Desk

Benjamin Burnham

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The desk by Benjamin Burnham is a wooden piece with a sloping top that can be opened. The top has a medium brown color with a lighter brown section at the top and features three starburst designs carved into it. There are two columns of fluted design on either end. The desk has a total of eight drawers with rounded edges, four on each side, and gold drawer pulls. The legs are claw-like and curved. The background of the image is light blue.

Artwork details

Date:
1769
Medium:
Cherry, white pine, yellow poplar
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
565 × 624 px
Museum record:
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