[Monticello]: furniture (writing desk), recto, undated
by Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
Identification numbers: N147hh; M12
15.3 cm x 19 cm (6-1/16" x 7-1/2")
[DESCRIPTION: "Plan for a writing desk . . . to be placed on a kind of high table (which I have)." Drawings (damaged), with notes, showing front and top views of a desk with compartments and drawers, including two hidden ones. Nichols identified this drawing as "Kitchen cabinet, 27 inches high, or shelves with secret drawers." See other side of page.]
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