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Lady's desk owned by H. D.
Title
[Lady's desk owned by H. D.].
Production
[Place of creation not identified], [19th century]
Physical Description
1 item : wood, metal, and glass ; 119 x 77 x 55 cm.
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Accompanied by a printed presentation certificate to Louis H. Silverstein and Monty Montee dated 1996, an undated black and white portrait photograph of H. D., one key to the tambour top and drawers, and one key to the glass-front case.
Provenance
Gift of the estate of Monty L. Montee, 2010.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
One lady's cylinder desk owned and used by American poet and novelist H. D. (Hilda Doolittle). The exterior is veneered on all sides with elm burl, and ebony and boxwood string inlay, and features a tambour top, four drawers, a glass-front case, and four square tapered legs; leather-inset writing surfaces pull out from each side. The interior is similarly veneered, and contains a pull-out leather-inset writing surface, and four pigeonholes over four drawers. The desk had previously been owned by British authors Violet Hunt and Bryher, and was acquired in 1996 by Louis H. Silverstein, curator of the Arts of the Book Collection at Yale University Library.
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Added to Catalog
March 04, 2015
References
Lady's Desk Owned by H. D. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Lady's Desk Owned by H. D. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Cylinder fall desks - 19th century.
Ladies' desks - 19th century.
Occupation
Authors United States 20th century.
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