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Cabinet

1935/1942

Ferdinand Cartier

Associated Names

Ferdinand Cartier

Artist, 1892 - 1987

This is a drawing of a wooden writing desk. The desk features a rectangular tabletop with visible wood grain, four slender legs, a fitted hutch with open storage compartments and shelves, and decorative finials. The front of the desk has a central drawer and two smaller drawers with circular pulls.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 30.5 x 23 cm (12 x 9 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.8.10755

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 234, pl. 850.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: F. Cartier

Wikidata ID

Q64561430

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