Fall-Front Desk

Datec. 1900

Mediummahogany

Dimensions45 × 42 inches (114.3 × 106.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1979

Object number61.900.120

ClassificationsFurniture

DescriptionPart of suite of furniture in room; flat top with gadrooning along edges; drop-front surface with applied mouldings; gadrooning along edge of surface; carved panels on apron; solid back; square tapered front legs; solid foot rest; four square feet; interior has two drawers; six pigeon holes; three slots.

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ProvenanceW.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936] [1][2]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted September 19, 1979 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House | 1. Object is not visible in the historic photographs of the W.H. Stark House, but is part of a suite of furniture with pieces visible in historic photographs. | 2. See 1921 American Appraisal Company Appraisal of Furnishings of the Residence of W.H. Stark, Orange, Texas. Page 30, entry 2.

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