COLLECTION NAME:
Eloise Kruger Miniature Collection
Record
Creator:
Pearson, Eric, miniature maker
Title:
Mahogany Sheraton Butler's Desk
Collection Title:
Eloise Kruger Miniature Collection
Category:
Storage and display furniture
Description:
Mahogany desk; rectangular top with turret corners; over plain frieze with two working drawers with brass drop-ring pulls and locks; side drawer has red leather-covered reading and writing board supported by ratchets with brass knobs; over secondary shelf; on turned and reeded legs with painted gold feet. Unsigned. One of a pair of matching desks.
Materials:
mahogany; leather
Measurements:
2 1/2"h x 2 1/8" w x 1 1/4"d
Date.Object Created:
ca. 1970
Date.Earliest:
1823
Subject:
Miniature furniture
Subject.AAT:
case furniture
Subject.AAT.Type:
chests of drawers
Subject.AAT.Subtype:
butlers' desks
Subject.Persons:
Pearson, Eric, miniature maker
Style/Period:
Federal/Sheraton
Accession Number:
1997.356b
Owner:
University of Nebraska Foundation
Collection Information:
Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
How Acquired:
Gift of the Eloise Kruger Charitable Trust
Image.Date:
2010
Image.Publisher:
Eloise Kruger Collection
Eloise Kruger Miniature Collection
