Medium:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Furniture | Yellow pine, tobacco box and cotton crate wood

Size:

60 3/4 x 29 7/8 x 23 11/16 in. (154.31 x 75.88 x 60.17 cm)

Creation Place:

North America, United States, Mississippi, Madison County

Culture:

North America, United States, Mississippi

Style:

19th century

Inscriptions:

Inscriptionright side of front panel, incised: [WD]; at top of topmost cubbyholes at interior, in brown: [Blackwell's Genuine / BULL DURHAM]; on underside, stenciled in black: [COTTON PIECE GOODS / FROM / THE GLENWOOD WO (illegible) / MEDFORD. MASS.]; on backside of apron at front, stenciled in black: [MC-R & C / MADISON MISS / IC 43 H B (?)]

Physical Description:

drop-front desk with four-legged base; front of base decorated with high-relief carving of sword; exterior of drop-front decorated with high-relief carvings of forks and knives, bottles, gun, various tools (saw, pick axe, trowel, shovel), pocket knives, two pointing hands and other objects; sides also decorated with applied relief carvings of various objects; medium wood patina

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The Driscoll Art Accessions Endowment Fund, the John and Ruth Huss Fund for Decorative Arts, the Fred R. Salisbury II Fund, and the Deborah Davenport and Stewart Stender Endowment for American Folk Art

Accession Number:

2012.11

Artist:

William Howard, American, born Africa about 1805, active until c. 1870

Role:

Maker

Nationality:

American

Life Dates:

American, born Africa about 1805, active until c. 1870

Added to Site:

March 20, 2012

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60 3/4 x 29 7/8 x 23 11/16 in. (154.31 x 75.88 x 60.17 cm)