Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 15 objects tagged desks.

The folding top inlaid in contrasting colors of wood with floral and foliage decoration. Carved legs supporting a flat work surface and a backboard, both decorated with inlaid soft-wood marquetry of flowers, the backboard including two small fold-down shelves to support inkwell, pens, etc.

Folding Desk (France), ca. 1900
various woods.
Gift of Harry C. Sigman.
2013-21-5

This object was made by Etablissement Gallé.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Rectangular four legged wood cabinet with two front doors opening into a desk. Bottom front of cabinet with decoration of vertical striped pattern; front doors, each decorated with an oval design of flowers, open front center to reveal desk equipped with multiple drawers and filing systems.

Desk / Cabinet (Belgium), 1913
various woods, mother-of-pearl, ivory, silk.
Bequest of Eleanor May Sarton.
1996-9-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 17 images of this object.

Folding desk with crossed hinged legs and brass hardware. Table has box-like top that slides close.

Pippa Folding Desk, 1985–87
turned and joined pearwood, tanned and cut leather, cast brass.
Gift of Hermès S.A..
1989-36-1-a/d

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Two drawings for commodes. The top drawing depicts the cabinet as having an angelic mask in the center, at the top, surrounded by curving, vine-like designs. On the upper corner of the first commode, there is a grotesque, diabolic head. The second commode is similar, but without the mask or head and with a slightly varied pattern.

Print, Deux différents desseins de Comodes (Designs for Two Commodes) in...
etching, engraving on off-white laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-285-35

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Upper left, front elevation of a desk. Upper section with center having flap opening to a compartmented interior with drawers and pigeon-holes, flanked by two lower sections with short drawers; center with flap opening to another series of compartments, and fitted for writing; below, two long drawers on legs. Upper right, details of construction, sections at two levels, shown from above. Scale at left.

Drawing, Design for Mechanical Furniture: Desk, ca. 1805
graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-488

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

A half-round table fitted with hinged top, under which are fittings for a writing table; plans, elevations and isometric. An almanac on desk dated 1805.

Drawing, Design for Mechanical Furniture: Tables, ca. 1805
pen and gray ink, brush and watercolor on paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-468

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, Design for Desk, 1929–1934
graphite, red color pencil on tracing paper.
Gift of Donald Deskey.
1988-101-704

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Oun Desk Tray, 1987

Oun Desk Tray, 1987
rubber, metal.
Gift of Arango Design Foundation.
1994-31-67-a/c

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sloping trapezoidal Bakelite shade mounted on angled inverted cone-shaped aluminum shaft on domed black Bakelite base with cylindrical metal switch at front; underside of shade covered with cellulose film panel.

Model 114 Desk Lamp Lamp, 1939
aluminum, bakelite (tm), metal, lamp cord.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-11

This object was made by Polaroid Corporation.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

View and plan of a room.

Drawing, Function Room, Entrance, for Uris Hotels, January 17, 1951
black crayon, color pencil, graphite on cream tracing paper.
Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.
1972-88-397

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

This is a sketch of the late seventeenth century library at Cassiobury Park after it had been redecorated by James Wyatt around 1800. The huge room measured fifty-four by twenty-three feet. The walls are hung with family portraits, as well as works by Joshua Reynolds, Rubens, Van Dyck, Cornelius Janssens, Peter Lely and Godfrey Kneller. The carved frame of the Reynolds is by Grinling Gibbons. Three arched windows, separated by pier mirrors, are hung with elaborate swagged and fringed curtains; a central lantern lights the room; and library tables and chairs show figures at study. (In a later view of the library, a geometrically patterned rug is in place.)

Drawing, The Interior of the Library at Cassiobury, before 1816
brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper.
Thaw Collection.
2007-27-20

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

In this drawing of the study in the Chateau de Neuilly, the summer residence of King Louis-Philippe, he is seated at his writing table, piles of documents at his side. Swagged draperies in the Empire style frame the windows, which look out on the park at Neuilly. Except for the large number of paintings lining the walls, this is a typical working study of the time, an almost middle-class room.

Drawing, The Study of King Louis-Philippe at Neuilly, 1845
brush and watercolor, gouache on white wove paper.
Thaw Collection.
2007-27-37

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Inkwell, 19th century

Inkwell, 19th century
H x diam.: 9.7 x 12.8 cm (3 13/16 x 5 1/16 in.).
Gift of Ruth Friedman in memory of Harry G. Friedman.
1966-3-9

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Inkwell, Dog House And Dog

Inkwell, Dog House And Dog
metal, porcelain.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1949-49-32

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

This view, dominated by horse paintings, indicates a room belonging to a sportsman or racing enthusiast. However, the use of matching blue-and-white upholstery fabric on the Rococo Revival furniture and in the window swags is not especially masculine. On the left, a trellis screen appears to enclose tall potted plants. Both the slant desk and flattop desk are inspirations of the Biedermeier period.

Drawing, Drawing Room of a Sportsman, 1856
brush and watercolor, gouache on white wove paper.
Thaw Collection.
2007-27-61

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.