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Description
This is an umbrella desk that has a protrait of clara louise and her parents. I know that there are pieces of her furniture in the Charles Wright Musuem in South Carolina but havent been able to find out more than she had furniture made for her and all have her protrait engrave on it.
Category
American Furniture
Medium
oak
Distinguishing marks
protrait of clara louise and mother and father
Condition
Good
Size and dimensions of this item
48 x 27 x 48
Date Period
1880
History
made for the fisrt american opera singer clara louise
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Re: Clara Louise Kellogg Desk
We purchased a piece of furniture with the Clara Louise Kellogg medallion on it from Craigslist a few years ago. (The seller had advertized it as a Martha Washington desk.) It was in very rough shape and had been stored in a barn or outbuilding for some time. Because it is an item which has a knee-hole and doors on either side but oddly had a floor in it and wheels, we are assuming it might be Miss Kellogg's travel vanity. We currently have it displayed in our home. We had to put a top on it but made it so it didn't harm or modify the original part of the piece. The locks on the doors still work and the wood is beautiful. I don't know how to upload a picture but I'm interesting in finding out if there are more pieces like this and what their story is. The only ones I have seen have been listed in a museum but I did a see a couple of the medallions on ebay.