Desk

Wooten Desk Company

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Wooten Desk Company. Desk, Patented 1874. Walnut and maple woods, 65 x 90 x 26 in. (165.1 x 228.6 x 66 cm) Other: 48 in. (121.9 cm) closed width. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Joughin in memory of James L. Joughin, M.D., 58.133. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Desk

Date

Patented 1874

Medium

Walnut and maple woods

Classification

Furniture

Dimensions

65 x 90 x 26 in. (165.1 x 228.6 x 66 cm) Other: 48 in. (121.9 cm) closed width

Markings

Marks: cast metal plate on right front inscribed: "MANUFACTURED BY THE/WOOTON DESK COMPANY. INDIANAPOLIS, IND./PAT. OCTOBER 6, 1874"

Credit Line

Gift of Louis Joughin in memory of James L. Joughin, M.D.

Accession Number

58.133

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