Desk and bookcase made in Norway in 1863 and brought to Racine in the 1960s.
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- Created Date
- 1863
- Description
Painted in yellow below doors: "Nils Torresen Mithus 1863."
This desk and bookcase features a tall cornice with open fretwork, two doors painted with flowers in shades of blue and orange, a fold-down writing surface with similar blue floral motifs, a shallow map drawer, and three large drawers in the lower section. Original painted surface includes black frame, orange trim and flowers on blue panels.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Furniture
Desk and bookcase
Desk
Case furniture
Furnishings (artifacts)
Furnishings and equipment - Location
- Norway
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Painted wood
- Rights
- (c) 2006 by the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.mounthoreb.org/
- Chicago citation style
- Desk and bookcase made in Norway in 1863 and brought to Racine in the 1960s.. 1863. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/296. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1863) Desk and bookcase made in Norway in 1863 and brought to Racine in the 1960s.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/296
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/296>.