Unknown inventor/patentee 1860-1915 of School Desk and Seat Model
National Museum of American History

Unknown inventor/patentee 1860-1915 of School Desk and Seat Model

Hoffman, John · n.d.

paint (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

School desk model but this desk does not have a patent number or patent tags so it may be a salesman's sample. The three desks are lined up front to back giving an indication as to what a free standing front desk and a free standing back seat will look like and why it is necessary to order one of each of these per classroom row. Two have chairs attached to the front and the last has a separate chair. There is an enclosed shelf under each desktop. The legs of desks and chair and supports for chairback are metal and all are screwed to a mahogany wood base. The middle desk and chair is missing one screw on one support on the same side.

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