DESK
Datecirca 1860
Geography
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Dimensions29.4 x 61 x 66 x 99 cm
Object numberHF.75.196.7
DescriptionSmall slant top desk with a green leather blotter. The slant top is hinged to a horizontal back. At the top of the back is a cylindrical bar with spool-like turnings at the center. The back corners are cubic rectangles that are topped with spherical finial. Coming down from the back corners to meet the side of the desk is a stylized reverse ogee triangle. Inside the slant top the bottom is lined with purple velvet as well as a rectangular pivoted board that holds up the desk top, two drawers with white ceramic mushroom knobs, three vertical sections and two horizontal sections. To hold up the front section of the desk there are two vertical rod with spool-like turnings near the middle of them that meet the front feet. Similar to on the desk top there is a stylized carving at the top of the leg well. There is also three drawers on the left side with brass bail handles. The desk also has keyholes in the desk front and the top of each drawer and four cup castors.Narrative
This piece is one of the original furnishings from Beaconsfield House and used by Penelope Cundall (1836-1915). The Cundall siblings, Henry, Penelope, and Millicent, moved into the Beaconsfield House in 1883 after the original Peake owners suffered financially from the decline of the local shipbuilding industry.
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