![Slant-front desk & bookcase from CT or NY at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTYD4051.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase from Boston, MA at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABFF035.JPG) | ![Georgian-style secretary from England at Hill-Stead Museum. Farmington, CT.](/t/USCT/CTKFH133.JPG) | ![Dropfront desk & mirrored bookcase from Boston, MA at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.](/t/USILC/ILDA413.JPG) |
Slant-front desk & bookcase (1700-30) from CT or NY at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT. | Desk & bookcase (c1715-20) from Boston, MA at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. | Georgian-style secretary (c1750-70) from England at Hill-Stead Museum. Farmington, CT. | Dropfront desk & mirrored bookcase (1750-70) from Boston, MA at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. |
![Bureau cabinet at Rienzi house museum. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMR061.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase from Philadelphia plus side chairs from Philadelphia at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.](/t/USDC/DCNZ031.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase from Newport, RI at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABFF069.JPG) | ![Rococo desk & bookcase with double-back & side chairs all from Boston or Salem at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMG155.JPG) |
Bureau cabinet (c1750) at Rienzi house museum. Houston, TX. | Desk & bookcase (1755-65) from Philadelphia plus side chairs (1770-1) from Philadelphia at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC. | Desk & bookcase (c1755-70) from Newport, RI at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. | Rococo desk & bookcase (c1755-90) with double-back & side chairs all from Boston or Salem at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX. |
![Rococo desk & bookcase from Boston or Salem with other Massachusetts objects at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMG156.JPG) | ![Display of early American chests & desks showing variety of shapes mostly from Massachusetts at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABFF075.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase & side chairs all from Boston at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.](/t/USRI/RISD243.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase attrib. to John Goddard of Newport, RI at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.](/t/USRI/RISD257.JPG) |
Rococo desk & bookcase (c1755-90) from Boston or Salem with other Massachusetts objects at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX. | Display of early American chests & desks showing variety of shapes (c1760-1800) mostly from Massachusetts at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. | Desk & bookcase (c1760-90) & side chairs (c1765-90) all from Boston at RISD Museum. Providence, RI. | Desk & bookcase (c1760-85) attrib. to John Goddard of Newport, RI at RISD Museum. Providence, RI. |
![Desk & bookcase attrib. to Nathaniel Gould of Salem, MA at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.](/t/USTXD/TXDAF121.JPG) | ![Mahogany desk & bookcase made in Newport, RI at Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA.](/t/USVA/VAKY493.JPG) | ![Detail of compartments of mahogany desk & bookcase made in Newport, RI at Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA.](/t/USVA/VAKY494.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase plus two chests of drawers all from Newport, RI at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABFF073.JPG) |
Desk & bookcase (1760-80) attrib. to Nathaniel Gould of Salem, MA at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX. | Mahogany desk & bookcase (1760-85) made in Newport, RI at Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA. | Detail of compartments of mahogany desk & bookcase (1760-85) made in Newport, RI at Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA. | Desk & bookcase (c1765-85) plus two chests of drawers (c1760-75) all from Newport, RI at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. |
![Mahogany desk & bookcase from Boston or Salem at Nelson-Atkins Museum. Kansas City, MO.](/t/USMOK/MOKA231.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase from Boston beside side chair from New York at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTYD4167.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase with bombé profile by George Bright of Boston, MA at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAC/MABFF037.JPG) | ![Mahogany desk & bookcase from Boston, MA in Chippendale bedroom at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMG503.JPG) |
Mahogany desk & bookcase (c1765-80) from Boston or Salem at Nelson-Atkins Museum. Kansas City, MO. | Desk & bookcase (1770-90) from Boston beside side chair (1755-65) from New York at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT. | Desk & bookcase with bombé profile (c1770-5) by George Bright of Boston, MA at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. | Mahogany desk & bookcase (1780-1800) from Boston, MA in Chippendale bedroom at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX. |
![Desk & bookcase from Providence, RI made for John Brown at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTYD4101.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase by John Carlile, Jr. of Providence at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.](/t/USRI/RISD293.JPG) | ![Secretary with looping window pattern on library portion from England at Hill-Stead Museum. Farmington, CT.](/t/USCT/CTKFH192.JPG) | ![Desk & bookcase by Samuel Knox of North Carolina in Ohio period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC.](/t/USDCM/DCHD393.JPG) |
Desk & bookcase (1785-90) from Providence, RI made for John Brown at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT. | Desk & bookcase (1785) by John Carlile, Jr. of Providence at RISD Museum. Providence, RI. | Secretary with looping window pattern on library portion (late 18th-early 19thC) from England at Hill-Stead Museum. Farmington, CT. | Desk & bookcase (1799) by Samuel Knox of North Carolina in Ohio period parlor at DAR Memorial Continental Hall. Washington, DC. |
![South German Baroque desk in Morning Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI.](/t/USRI/RINYR182.JPG) | ![Ornately carved secretary in Dutch Renaissance style at Hower House. Akron, OH.](/t/USOHN/OHKH066.JPG) | ![Desk-on-Stand possibly by Patrick Stevens of Hartford, CT at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.](/t/USRI/RISD285.JPG) | ![Drop front desk in Balcony House. Nassau, The Bahamas.](/t/BS/BS034.JPG) |
South German Baroque desk (early 18thC) in Morning Room at Rough Point. Newport, RI. | Ornately carved secretary in Dutch Renaissance style (c1864) at Hower House. Akron, OH. | Desk-on-Stand (c1890) possibly by Patrick Stevens of Hartford, CT at RISD Museum. Providence, RI. | Drop front desk in Balcony House. Nassau, The Bahamas. |
![Desk & bookcase at Hyland House. Guilford, CT.](/t/USCT/CTGH63.JPG) | ![Drop front desk at Butler-McCook House Museum. Hartford, CT.](/t/USCT/CTKMB133.JPG) | ![Drop front desk with bookcase at Oliver Ellsworth Homestead Museum. Windsor, CT.](/t/USCT/CTKWH798.JPG) | ![Drop front desk with book case which belonged to Oliver Phelps at Phelps-Hathaway House. Suffield, CT.](/t/USCT/CTKWN245.JPG) |
Desk & bookcase at Hyland House. Guilford, CT. | Drop front desk at Butler-McCook House Museum. Hartford, CT. | Drop front desk with bookcase at Oliver Ellsworth Homestead Museum. Windsor, CT. | Drop front desk with book case which belonged to Oliver Phelps at Phelps-Hathaway House. Suffield, CT. |
![Swans neck pediment over drop front desk at Phelps-Hathaway House. Suffield, CT.](/t/USCT/CTKWN246.JPG) | ![Drop front desk with bookcase at Silas Deane House. Wethersfield, CT.](/t/USCT/CTKWW236.JPG) | ![Drop front desk with library case beside Windsor chair at Silas Deane House. Wethersfield, CT.](/t/USCT/CTKWW279.JPG) | ![Revolutionary era furnishings at Shaw Mansion. New London, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTNW15.JPG) |
Swans neck pediment over drop front desk at Phelps-Hathaway House. Suffield, CT. | Drop front desk with bookcase at Silas Deane House. Wethersfield, CT. | Drop front desk with library case beside Windsor chair at Silas Deane House. Wethersfield, CT. | Revolutionary era furnishings at Shaw Mansion. New London, CT. |
![Early American drop front desk & bookcase at Shaw Mansion. New London, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTNW18.JPG) | ![Secretary with bookshelves in parlor at Florence Griswold Museum. Old Lyme, CT.](/t/USCT/CTVL059.JPG) | ![Drop-front desk & bookshelf with ladderback armchair at Tudor Place. Washington, DC.](/t/USDCM/DCGT263.JPG) | ![Grenville Dodge's office at Dodge House. Council Bluffs, IA.](/t/USIA/IACD211.JPG) |
Early American drop front desk & bookcase at Shaw Mansion. New London, CT. | Secretary with bookshelves in parlor at Florence Griswold Museum. Old Lyme, CT. | Drop-front desk & bookshelf with ladderback armchair at Tudor Place. Washington, DC. | Grenville Dodge's office at Dodge House. Council Bluffs, IA. |
![Antique drop front desk with bookcase at Emo Court. Ireland.](/t/IE/IEDRE115.JPG) | ![Fold-down desk with bookcase at Vaile Mansion. Independence, MO.](/t/USMOK/MOKD084.JPG) | ![Drop front desk at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO.](/t/USMO/MOLB139.JPG) | ![Drop front desk in Eudora Welty House. Jackson, MS.](/t/USMS/MSJP21.JPG) |
Antique drop front desk with bookcase at Emo Court. Ireland. | Fold-down desk with bookcase at Vaile Mansion. Independence, MO. | Drop front desk at General Daniel Bissell House. St. Louis, MO. | Drop front desk in Eudora Welty House. Jackson, MS. |
![Parlor extension with desk, piano & painting of Fillmore at Millard Fillmore House. East Aurora, NY.](/t/USNYB/NYBAF171.JPG) | ![Drop front desk in unrestored apartment at Tenement Museum. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMM053.JPG) | ![Drop front desk in back parlor of Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace. New York, NY.](/t/USNYC/NYMV025.JPG) | ![Drop front desk in bedroom in Layton Home at Old Bethpage Village. Old Bethpage, NY.](/t/USNYL/NYXB146.JPG) |
Parlor extension with desk, piano & painting of Fillmore at Millard Fillmore House. East Aurora, NY. | Drop front desk in unrestored apartment at Tenement Museum. New York, NY. | Drop front desk in back parlor of Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace. New York, NY. | Drop front desk in bedroom in Layton Home at Old Bethpage Village. Old Bethpage, NY. |
![White house desk used from time of U.S. Grant to Teddy Roosevelt now at Hayes Museum. Fremont, OH.](/t/USOHN/OHEBM089.JPG) | ![Dropfront desk in James A. Garfield home. Mentor, OH.](/t/USOHV/OHEM082.JPG) | ![Drop front desk at Wildwood Manor House. Toledo, OH.](/t/USOH/OHTH054.JPG) | ![Colonial Revival slant-front desk & bookcase in South Parlor/Sitting Room at Kingscote. Newport, RI.](/t/USRI/RINXK207.JPG) |
White house desk used from time of U.S. Grant to Teddy Roosevelt now at Hayes Museum. Fremont, OH. | Dropfront desk in James A. Garfield home. Mentor, OH. | Drop front desk at Wildwood Manor House. Toledo, OH. | Colonial Revival slant-front desk & bookcase in South Parlor/Sitting Room at Kingscote. Newport, RI. |
![Writing desk in bedroom with branches wallpaper at Chepstow. Newport, RI.](/t/USRI/RINXW304.JPG) | ![Dropfront desk with carved stylized shell used by Newport, RI cabinetmakers in Newport room at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMG598.JPG) | ![Elaborate desk at Nichols-Rice-Cherry House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMH238.JPG) | ![Parlor desk & bookcase in LBJ birthplace house at Lyndon B. Johnson NHP. Stonewall, TX.](/t/USTXC/TXJKJ241.JPG) |
Writing desk in bedroom with branches wallpaper at Chepstow. Newport, RI. | Dropfront desk with carved stylized shell used by Newport, RI cabinetmakers in Newport room at Bayou Bend. Houston, TX. | Elaborate desk at Nichols-Rice-Cherry House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX. | Parlor desk & bookcase in LBJ birthplace house at Lyndon B. Johnson NHP. Stonewall, TX. |
![Inlaid desk with china cabinet beside dining room fireplace at Broughton House. Kirkcudbright, Scotland.](/t/UAM/UADKK282.JPG) | ![Secretary desk & wall tapestry in West Wainscot Bedchamber at Hopetoun House. Queensferry, Scotland.](/t/UAL/UAEFH319.JPG) | ![Dropfront desk in study at Ash Lawn-Highland. Charlotttesville, VA.](/t/USVA/VAMA085.JPG) | ![Rocking chair & slant-front desk in birthplace house at President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Park. Plymouth Notch, VT.](/t/USVT/VTC031.JPG) |
Inlaid desk with china cabinet beside dining room fireplace at Broughton House. Kirkcudbright, Scotland. | Secretary desk & wall tapestry in West Wainscot Bedchamber at Hopetoun House. Queensferry, Scotland. | Dropfront desk in study at Ash Lawn-Highland. Charlotttesville, VA. | Rocking chair & slant-front desk in birthplace house at President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Park. Plymouth Notch, VT. |
![Sitting room desk & bookcase in Coolidge Homestead at President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Park. Plymouth Notch, VT.](/t/USVT/VTC073.JPG) |
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Sitting room desk & bookcase in Coolidge Homestead at President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Park. Plymouth Notch, VT. |
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