United States House of Representatives: History, Art, & Archives
Search the website
Back to Results

Walter Double Desk

Walter Double Desk/tiles/collection/3/33683.xml
Walter Double Desk/tiles/collection/3/33684.xml
Walter Double Desk/tiles/collection/3/33686.xml
Walter Double Desk/tiles/collection/3/33687.xml
Walter Double Desk/tiles/collection/3/33688.xml
Previous Next

Date

1867-1872

Artist

Thomas Ustick Walter

Dimensions

36 × 51 1/2 × 20 3/4 in. (91.4 × 130.8 × 52.7 cm)

Accession Number

2020.027.002

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of Lowell Baier

Object Details

Only 10 years after the new House Chamber was completed in 1857, the House modified furnishings to fit the ever-expanding legislature into the space. This desk presents one solution—conjoining two of the elaborate Victorian Renaissance Revival Walter desks—to fit Members into the room more efficiently. These less-desirable double desks often went to Members with unfavorable numbers in the desk lottery.

Rights and Reproduction Information

Jump To

View Related Objects

Walter Chair
Walter Chair
Walter Chair
Walter Chair
Walter Desk
Walter Desk

View Related Exhibitions & Publications

What's in the Capitol?
What's in the Capitol?
Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov
Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk: art@mail.house.gov, archives@mail.house.gov