http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/147026/writing-desk ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Writing desk http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/147026/writing-desk 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/147026/writing-desk http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/147026/writing-desk Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Furniture Attributed to William Howard 1865 1865 North America, United States, Mississippi Yellow pine, tobacco box and cotton crate wood Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:16:46 -0500 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">Writing desk</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Attributed+to+William+Howard">Attributed to William Howard</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="1865">c. 1870</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, <a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/query/location%3A%22G304%22">G304</a> </td> </tr> </table><br/>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 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/147026/writing-desk Attributed to William Howard