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1905

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2001

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2015

2025

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Drawing, Design for Writing Table

This is a Drawing. It was designed by A.N. Davenport Co.. It is dated 1900–05 and we acquired it in 2001. Its medium is pen and black ink, black crayon on thin cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by The Lake St. Louis Historical Society. It is credited Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society.

Its dimensions are

21.0 x 21.6 cm (8 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. )

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, bottom left: Table / 4ft-6in long; in black crayon, below that: wax[?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Writing Table; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; pen and black ink, black crayon on thin cream paper; 21.0 x 21.6 cm (8 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. ); Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society; 2000-69-247

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