Desk and Bookcase
Cleveland Museum of Art

Desk and Bookcase

John Townsend (American, 1732–1809) · c. 1780–95

"Plum pudding" mahogany, red cedar, chestnut, white pine, brass
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This desk and bookcase was likely made for Oliver Wolcott Sr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later governor of Connecticut.

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