[A diagram of a desk with three drawers; and a diagram of the cloth top for the desk]
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Record Details
- Title
- [A diagram of a desk with three drawers; and a diagram of the cloth top for the desk]
- Date
- 1840 October 30
- Creator
- Smith, Stephen.
- Notes
- "J.W. Lugden (?) desk"
- Thomas Lathrop ALS to [Stephen Smith], October 30, 1840. Provincetown, MA, page 2. From a collection of business transactions of a Boston cabinetmaker and furniture dealer, concentrated in the years 1834-1853. Despite its incompleteness, the collection provides a good overview of the trade, and includes some detailed information on cabinetry, iron stoves, retail operations, clock making, apprenticing, and business practices, and gives some minor insight into the lives of an upwardly mobile member of the skilled artisan class.
- Names and Subjects
- Carpentry--1840-1850.
- Carpentry drafting.
- Desks--1840-1850.
- Desks--Pictorial works.
- Diagrams--1840-1850.
- Drawers (Furniture components)--1840-1850.
- Furniture--1840-1850.
- Furniture design--Pictorial works.
- Plans--1840-1850.
- Manuscripts shelf.
- Collection Title
- Stephen Smith papers
- Collection Creator
- Smith, Stephen.
- Project Name
- Illustrated Manuscripts Project
- ID
- 4744
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2018-04-10 14:50:26
Technical Details
- Collection
- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 5376 x 7428
- File Size
- 906 KB
- Record
- 4744
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-4744/wcl004831
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"[A diagram of a desk with three drawers; and a diagram of the cloth top for the desk]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-4744/wcl004831. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 10, 2025.