h. 34.88 x w. 33.88 x d. 24.88 in.
(h. 88.6 x w. 86 x d. 63.2 cm)
Credit Line
U.S. Senate Collection
Accession Number
65.00071.001
Object Description
This mahogany writing table was likely made by James Green, a cabinetmaker from Alexandria, Virginia. In 1837 Green was paid for supplying the U.S. Supreme Court with, among other items, a total of seven “Mahogany Wrighting [sic] Tables” at $22 each. The writing tables were manufactured for use by the Supreme Court justices.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
(on unvarnished bottom side of dust board, handwritten in pencil): MB Norris / December No. 13 1836; and (on varnished side of writing board) Campbell
