Identifier: illustratedca00amer (find matches)
Title: Illustrated catalogue of office and library furniture.
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Desk Manufactory (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects: Desks--Catalogs Furniture--United States--Catalogs Trade catalogs--Desks Trade catalogs--Furniture.
Publisher: The Company
Contributing Library: Winterthur Museum Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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o the pre-ceding design, except in its being smaller and having three compartments forhooks instead of four in the upper part. It is built in parts to aid in handling,has adjustable shelves, neatly carved brackets and French walnut veneering(highly polished) on drawer fronts, raised panels, and is finished in the bestmanner known to the trade. The base containing the drawers is built separateand projects several inches in front of the body of the case. Size, 5 feet 10inches wide in the extreme ; 6 feet high over all. Flease read Preface of this Catalogue. No. 367. This is constructed after the same pattern and character of hookcase as thepreceding design, having two doors in upper part instead of three. Has ad-justable shelves, French walnut veneered drawer fronts, raised panels, andclear glass in the doors. The top can be used as a receptacle for statuary,vases, bric-a-brac, etc. Size, 3 feet 10 inches wide in the extreme. 5 feet 7high over all. Please read Preface of this Catalogue.
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No. 370 Represents a massive Jiud substantial style of dwarf wing bookcase, madeafter a French drawing. It is finished in a first-class manner throughoutwith heavy moldings, .artistic carvings, and polished French walnut veneereddrawer fronts, raised panels, with transparent glass in the doors. It isconstructed in parts to aid in moving,has adjustable shelves, and for superi-oritj^ of workmanship and choice materials used is excelled by none. It wouldbe well to recollect that the heiglit of all our dwarf cases will permit of suf-ficient space over them on the wall to hang a painting, which is sometimes ofgreat advantage to the purchaser. Size, 5 feet 10 inches wide in the extreme.6 feet 4 inches high over alL Please read, Preface of this Catalogue. No. 371 Eepresents a two-door flwarf bookcase made to match the preceding design,having the same ornamentation and tinish, adjustable shelves, transparentglass, etc., which make it a very desirable purchase. The top ornament is seton the ba

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