Nathan Lord's (1792-1870) Portable Writing Desk

Unknown American, American

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19th century

Wood and felt

Overall: 14 × 8 3/4 × 4 5/16 in. (35.5 × 22.2 × 11 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Dr. and Mrs. Frederic Pomeroy Lord, Class of 1898

167.29.21243

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Furniture: Storage

Research Area

Decorative Arts

Not on view

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Frederic Pomeroy Lord (1876-1970), Class of 1898, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to Dartmouth College, August, 1956; transferred from Dartmouth College Archives, 1967; catalogued by present collection, 1967.

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