Seat back portion for a desk from Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Seat back portion of a school desk. Piece contains a curved wooden seat back constructed from five (5) wooden boards, closely fit to form a solid pieces. Two (2) iron supports are attached to the back, neither in complete form. Both pieces contain the support arm meant for a desk top. The proper left ironwork also has a single leg intact. Each support has raised lettering on the side that reads [ECLIPSE]. The desk top arms have five (5) oval nubs. Halfway down the proper left leg is the number [4] in a shield.

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