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1905

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2001

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Drawing, Design for China Cabinet of Mahogany in Elevation and Plan

This is a Drawing. It was designed by A.N. Davenport Co.. It is dated 1900–05 and we acquired it in 2001. Its medium is graphite and yellow color pencil on thin cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by The Lake St. Louis Historical Society. It is credited Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society.

Its dimensions are

27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. )

It has the following markings

Watermark across verso bottom : ORIENTAL LINEN

It is signed

Impressed, lower left of center: RETURN TO / A.H. DAVENPORT CO. / 96 WASHINGTON ST./ BOSTON MASS.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite upper left of elevation:Back lined with velvet; at upper right of elevation: Three adjustable wood shelves; at lower center of elevation: Brass shoe; below elevation, right: CHINA CABINET OF MAHOGANY; at center top and center right of elevation, numerical notations indicating dimensions; at lower left of plan: Door; at center below plan: PLAN; at center of plan, numerical notations indicating dimensions; at lower right of sheet: $125.-; in lower right corner of sheet: #70 [underlined].

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for China Cabinet of Mahogany in Elevation and Plan; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite and yellow color pencil on thin cream paper; 27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. ); Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society; 2000-69-204

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