Title Information
Title
Lady's writing table and chair
Name: Corporate
Name Part
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Role
Role Term: Text
manufacturer
Name: Personal
Name Part
Codman, William Christmas
Name Part: Date
1839-1921
Role
Role Term: Text
designer
Name: Personal
Name Part
Ziegler, Franz
Role
Role Term: Text
carver
Name: Personal
Name Part
Straker, Joseph Edward
Role
Role Term: Text
silversmith
Name: Corporate
Name Part
Potter and Company
Role
Role Term: Text
cabinetmaker
Type of Resource
still image
Genre (aat)
photographs
Genre (aat)
ladies' writing tables
Genre (aat)
desk chairs
Origin Information
Date Issued (encoding="w3cdtf", keyDate="yes")
1903
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
xxz
Physical Description
Extent
1 photograph; 67.6 x 69 cm.
digitalOrigin
reformatted digital
Abstract
Writing desk made for the Gorham display at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Also displayed at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915
Note
Materials: ebony, mahogany, boxwood, redwood, thuyawood, ivory, mother-of-pearl, silver, mirrored glass, and gilded tooled leather
Note
Style: Art nouveau
Note
Stamped with Gorham (lion, anchor, G) marks and "sterling" and "C/C/X" on backside of mirror
Note
Signed: "WC Codman 1903", burnished along top right edge of center drawer.
Note
Measurements of original: 48.5 x 54 x 30 in. (to the height of the mirror); 31 x 54 x 30 in.(to the height of the tabletop); 30 x 18 x 21 in. (chair); 18 in. (height to the seat of the chair)
Note
Repository: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Note: provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Thurber
Related Item: Host (displayLabel="Collection:")
Title Information
Title
Gorham Collection
Identifier: COLID
44
Identifier: URI
http://dl.lib.brown.edu
Identifier: Local (displayLabel="RISD Museum accession no.")
58.095
Identifier: METSID
1242315134765625
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No Copyright - United States
Access Condition: restriction on access
Collection is open for research.