Traveling Desk

Provenance

Mary Arabella Calkins Prescott (1796–1888), by 1888. With Israel Sack, Inc., New York, by 1988; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988.

Traveling Desk

Artist unknown

1800–15

Accession Number

109471

Medium

Mahogany, satinwood, and brass

Dimensions

16.5 × 36.8 × 23.2 cm (6 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)

Classification

desk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Edna F. Graham Fund; Marshall Field Endowment