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c.1874
France
The MET (Accession Number: C.I.52.13.3a–d)
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Winter Ensemble
c.1874
France
The MET (Accession Number: C.I.52.13.3a–d)
This "Wooton Desk" was patented "Oct. 6, 1874," and made in Indianapolis, Indiana. This spectacular complete office opens to reveal an interior with birdseye or curly maple including cubbyholes or mailboxes in the doors and small drawers below, Solid walnut with raised burl panels and deep moldings.
This "Standard Grade" desk measures 46" wide when closed, 7' 7" wide when open, 75" tall, 30" deep and the desktop is 30" high.
William S. Wooten ended production of these desks in 1884. They were exhibited at the American Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, and owned by luminaries including President U. S. Grant, Queen Victoria, John D. Rockefeller and Joseph Pulitzer.
William Quiller Orchardson (1832-1910), Ophelia (1874), oil on canvas, 128.3 x 101.5 cm.
Theodore Kaufmann, Lorelei, 1874
which outfit would you rather wear? (1874)
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~ William Powell Frith, Olivia Unveiling (1874) (detail)
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Jean-André Rixens (French, 1846-1925) The Death of Cleopatra, 1874
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